[Rarebooks] fs: The Russians Are Coming! (Decorative Arts)

Wed Jul 28 10:42:00 EDT 2004

a Selection from Stock-
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Amiranashvili, Shalva. GEORGIAN METALWORK FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE 18th
CENTURY. London; Hamlyn: 1971. "Russia's vast artistic heritage contains
many surprises. One of the most exotic is the ancient metalwork of
Georgia. Although nourished by outside influences, Georgian art
nevertheless developed with a unique character of its own, and Georgian
metalwork in particular is an important contribution to man's artistic
achievement. The author traces the development of Georgian metalwork from
earliest times to the 18th century. The objects (in this book) are mainly
in the Georgian Museum of Fine Arts and the Georgian Historical Museum...
they include icons and crosses, items of domestic silver, jewelry, buckles
and medallions, many of which are lavishly decorated with semi-precious
stones, pearls, enamels and filigree work." Hardcover. 8"x11.5", 175
pages, 109 pieces illustrated in color, dj. [05324] $65.00

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Bubnova, E. OLD RUSSIAN FAIENCE. Moscow; Iskusstvo: 1973. A well
illustrated study of all types of 18th-19th century Russian pottery, from
fine to folk. The 122-page text is in both Russian and English, and there
are English picture captions. The 40 color illustrations are big and
beautiful. Over the last 20 years, this has been one of our most popular
books on Russian ceramics. Hardcover. 9"x12", 187 pages, b/w and color
illustrations; marks; dj. A fine copy in a lightly worn jacket. [03768]
$125.00

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Goberman, D. (RUSSIAN GUZUL POTTERS) No place: 1972. 18th and 19th century
pottery from a section of the Ukraine, illustrated in 184 color plates,
with a short background and brief mention of some potters, as well as
picture captions, in English. A lovely book.  Hardcover.  7.5"x9.5", 199
pages, 184 color plates and additional b&w illustrations; slipcased. A
fine copy. $125.00

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Ivanova, E. RUSSIAN APPLIED ART, Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Century.
The Russian Museum, Leningrad. Leningrad; Aurora Art Publishers: 1976. A
colorful array of ceramics, glass, crystal, furniture, and textiles,
beautifully photographed with English captions. The Foreword describes the
collection and relates the history of its development. Hardcover.
9"x11.5", 199 pages, 171 color plates, slipcase; light wear. [03284]
$85.00

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Kaeima, Emaestera. "(RUSSIAN PEWTER WORK)" Moscow: 1995. A fine softcover
catalog of Russian pewter work of the 16th-18th centuries, with many
illustrations of objects as well as photos of 200 touchmarks and
biographies of 250 makers. The entire volume is printed in Cyrillic, but
then again, what else is there on Russian pewter? Softcover. 8"x11.5", 95
pages, b/w illustrations, near fine. [02496] $75.00

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Loukomski, G.K. L'ART DECORATIF RUSSE. Paris; Vincent, Freal & Cie: 1928.
A pictorial survey of Russian decorative arts with a brief French text and
plate descriptions and 192 b/w plates. Covers carved-wood and bas reliefs,
metals, ceramics and fabrics. Hardcover. 6.5"x9", decorated title page, 38
pages of text plus 192 b/w plates; bound in older blue quarter leather
with marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title; covers a bit worn, rubbed
along edges and tips, hinges worn, etc. Contents fine and overall a
handsome copy. [04648] $175.00

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Miles, John W. THE RUSSIAN REPRODUCTIONS AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF
ART, NEW YORK CITY. New York; The Jewelers' Circular Publishing Co.: 1884.
This book is the record of an extremely interesting project- the Lords of
the Committee of the Council on Education in Great Britain obtained
permission from Russian authorities to make exact facsimiles of silver
articles in the collections of the Kremlin, the Hermitage, and other
Russian museums. Through a process described as "electrotyphy" three sets
of facsimiles were made from 303 original antique pieces, and sets went to
the South Kensington Museum, the Cincinnati Museum, and New York's
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the last set having been purchased for the
Museum by noted collector and benefactor Henry G. Marquand.

The subjects covered a broad range, from ancient Greek, Roman and Scythian
jewelry to 16th-18th century silver articles. Many of the pieces were not
Russian in origin, but 82 of the pieces were, some of which are
illustrated and discussed here. The author gained access to the collection
at the Met. for this book, and describes and discusses them as if they
were the actual articles. In the same year Alfred Maskell also wrote a
book about the articles, featuring those in the South Kensington Museum
for their Handbook series. Miles misses no opportunity to comment
disparagingly on the lack of artistic talent and vision of the Russian
people and their culture, a curious attitude perhaps encouraged by a
natural defensiveness which creeps into American writings on art and
culture of the period, when most Europeans tended to feel exactly the same
way about Americans... Hardcover. 7"x10.25", 96 pages, 44 line
illustrations; publisher's pebbled brown cloth with gilt titles; covers
with some minor scuffing, endpapers lightly foxed, else a neat, clean
copy. [05001] $150.00

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Pelliot, Marianne. VERRES ANCIENS. Paris; Editions G. van Oest:1929. A
rather scarce and beautifully produced survey of outstanding 18th century
European engraved and enameled glass, some of it Russian, from private
collections. Duncan notes: "Describes glasses hidden in private
collections; notably those of G. Moser-Millot; Alexander Popov;
Zolonitzky; Madame Wannieck; Madame Felix Lemaire and Madame Lucien
Sauphar; also glasses in the Museum Pierre Stchoukine, Moscow". The text
includes an essay on Russian glass. This is followed by the 48 plates,
each of which is fully described. An elegant collection of fine antique
European decorated glass.   10"x13", 153 pages plus 48 b&w plates.
Original softcovers. [16852] $400.00

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RUSSIAN NIELLO ART. 1972. A study of 14th-20th century Russian
niello-decorated silver, very well illustrated, which is good, because
most of the text is in Cyrillic. There is, thank God, a 1 page English
summary, as well as English plate captions. Niello work is a difficult
subject, and I don't know of any other study on Russian work of this type.
 Hardcover.  9"x12", 141 pages, 112 b&w and colored illustrations;
pictorial boards; a fine copy. [29287] $150.00

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Solodkoff, Alexander von. RUSSIAN GOLD AND SILVERWORK, 17th-19th CENTURY.
New York; Rizzoli: 1981. A wonderfully illustrated history of 17th-early
20th century Russian silver and goldwork, with marks, biographies of
silversmiths, and more! Hardcover. 10.5"x10", 238 pages, 245 color and b/w
illustrations, dj; a fine copy in a fine jacket. [01770] $150.00

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Voronov, N. & E. Rachuk. SOVIET GLASS. Leningrad; Aurora Art
Publishers:1973.   Hardcover.   7.5"x11", 180 pages, profusely illustrated
in b&w and color. [16880] $85.00

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