The Book Company: New Products - Decoration & Ornament

New York Neon

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 21:24:00 +0000

Treating New York City as an open-air museum, Thomas E. Rinaldi captures the brilliant glow of surviving early- and mid-twentieth-century neon signs, those iconic elements of the cityscape now in danger of disappearing. This visual tour features two hundred signs, identified by location, with info..

Price: $26.95

Art Deco Mailboxes (An Illustrated Design History)

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 21:22:05 +0000

Mailboxes and their chutes were once as essential to the operation of any major hotel, office, civic, or residential building as the front door. In time they developed a decorative role, in a range of styles and materials, and as American art deco architecture flourished in the 1920s and 1930s the..

Price: $26.95

Faces in Stone (Architectural Sculpture in New York City)

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:46:28 +0000

An architectural impulse book, gift-sized and -priced, for those who love finding unknown corners of New York City. This collection of one hundred architectural details features brief introductions and contextual photographs to show the buildings on which the ornaments appear, the addresses, and t..

Price: $20.00

Theory of Mouldings

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:46:23 +0000

This republication of a 1926 study looks at mouldings from historical, practical, aesthetic, and perceptual points of view; Richard Sammons' foreword and a selection of mouldings in use address applications in contemporary architecture.

Price: $25.00

Windows of the World

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:44:46 +0000

Here are bay, rose, lancet, and half-fan windows, oculi, shutters, and blinds, testimony to the creative genius of architects, artisans, and the inhabitants themselves. Drawing on their extensive travels and years of research conducting site analyses of the chromatic palettes of villages an..

Price: $25.00

Classic French Wrought Iron (Twelfth–Nineteenth Century)

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:43:10 +0000

The authoritative work on traditional French architectural ironwork designs, from Romanesque to the Empire, the book's masterly black-and-white illustrations and concise explanations reveal the complex fabrication techniques and myriad elaborate foliate motifs employed by French craftsmen.

Price: $29.95

Frances Elkins (Interior Design)

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:42:51 +0000

An avant-garde decorator and arbiter of taste, Elkins was celebrated for inspired designs that integrated various periods and styles, from country French to chinoiserie to art deco, and featured furnishings by such modern designers as Jean-Michel Frank and Alberto Giacometti. This book offers a to..

Price: $65.00

Trompe L'Oeil Today

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:42:28 +0000

Trompe L’Oeil Today offers a fascinating overview of the range of styles and techniques of illusionistic painting for private residences and public spaces, restaurants and other commercial interiors, and even indoor swimming pools. It covers unusual techniques, such as anamorphism, and bold geomet..

Price: $60.00

Trompe L'Oeil (Panels and Panoramas)

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:40:54 +0000

Trompe L’Oeil Panels and Panoramas is a treasury of stunning designs ideal for interior designers and their clients, artists seeking inspiration, or for those simply wishing to copy the images themselves, as the author invites readers to do. (A CD-ROM containing the designs is included for easy tr..

Price: $85.00

Fine Marble in Architecture

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:40:12 +0000

This lavishly produced catalog outlines the technical characteristics of fine marble: quality, workability, availability, and aesthetic features; offers photographic samples of sixty varieties; and gives information about the production, historical use, and suppliers of the materials. An additiona..

Price: $85.00