Judith Miller gives a global overview that spans the last 3,000 years of design, guaranteed to turn any amateur into a furniture buff. Furniture defines decorative motifs of key periods with over 3,500 photographs of every style and form.

Sourcebook for selecting and ordering fabrics, trimmings, wallpapers, paint, tiles and flooring for interior design.

In this collection, the popular nineteenth-century magazine columnist Annie Payson Call addresses a broad range of issues and matters spiritual and practical in nature, issuing advice that is both thought-provoking and timeless in its ...

In this book (containing 10 chapters) we have focused on application of lasers in adhesion and related areas.

A collection of essays, most previously published on the critical theory, aesthetics, and social historiography of western classical music since the late 1700's.

Profiles major international Art Nouveau designers, factories and schools, including Tiffany, Liberty, Emile Galle and WMF.

Presents an historical survey of Japan's decorative arts through a series of full-color reproductions of carefully selected masterpieces.