April 16, 2024
Gothic Furniture Design Book(1877) Bruce Talbert 1st NR
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This auction is for a very uncommon seminal work on furniture design. It is Part 2 of an earlier work, also available from this seller. The book is in good condition. The binding is intact, no separation. T is scattered foxing on many of the pages. T is an 1880 dedication to a previous owner on a blank page before the title page. T is no other writing in the book. Please email seller for scans of the list of illustrations. Examples of Ancient and Modern Furniture, Metal Work, Tapestries, Decorations, etc by B.J. Talbert, architect James R. Osgood & Co Boston 1877 Folio 13" - 23" tall 12 text pages 21 plates numbered 31-51. A continuation of Talbert's 'Gothic Forms Applied ....' (see below and also Seller's Other Items for a copy!!!) Talbert, Bruce James (1838-1881), architect and designer Trained initially as a carver and also as an architect Talbert is best known as a decorator and furniture designer. In 1868 (though dated 1867) he published his first and most influential book, Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture, Metal Work and Decoration for Domestic Purposes. This work championed the structural honesty of the Reformed Gothic style, with its decorative vocabulary of carved chevrons, inlaid or pierced quatrefoil motifs and chamfered edges. This book is the continuation of that earlier effort. Full details about
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