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Decorative Arts/Textiles/Design History

All titles added within the past twelve months. For a list of book titles in this category 1998 to the present, click here.

Aaltonen, Susanna. Sisustaminen on kuin käsialaa: Carin Bryggman ja Lasse Ollinkari sisustusarkkitehdin ammatissa 1940– ja 1950–luvulla. Taidehistoriallisia tutkimuksia, vol. 40. Helsinki, Finland: Tiedekirja, 2011. 313 pp.; Many b/w ills. Paper €28.00 (9789525533125)

Ames, Kenneth L., ed. American Christmas Cards: 1900–1960. Exh. cat. New York: Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, 2011. 320 pp.; 250 color ills. Paper $40.00 (9780300176872)

Baumgarten, Linda. What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America. Williamsburg Decorative Arts Series. Williamsburg, VA and New Haven: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and Yale University Press, 2012. 280 pp.; 355 color ills.; 36 b/w ills. Paper $45.00 (9780300181074)

Bell, Robert, ed. Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume. Exh. cat. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2011. 264 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $49.95 (9780642541574)

Bennett, Christopher G., Roy W. Hamilton, Alma Ruiz, and Randi Malkin Steinberger. Order and Disorder: Alighiero Boetti by Afghan Women. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2012. 132 pp.; 129 color ills. Paper $25.00 (9780977834488)

Blum, Dilys E. Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2011. 202 pp.; 182 color ills.; 22 b/w ills. Cloth $50.00 (9780300169584)

Brewster, Karen, and Melissa Shafer. Fundamentals of Theatrical Design. New York: Allworth Press, 2011. 256 pp.; Few b/w ills. Paper $27.50 (9781581158496)

Cooper, Wendy A., and Lisa Minardi. Paint, Pattern, and People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1725–1850. Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 2011. 296 pp.; 300 color ills. Cloth $55.00 (9780912724690)

Corrigan, Gina, Penelope Dransart, John Gillow, Ann Hecht, Julie Hudson, Shelia Paine, Chloe Sayer, Chris Spring, Diane Waller, Shelagh Weir, and Helen Wolfe. World Textiles: A Sourcebook. Northhampton, MA: Interlink Books, 2012. 368 pp.; 400 color ills. Paper $40.00 (9781566568708)

Cunningham, Joseph, and Bruce Barnes. The Jewelry and Metalwork of Marie Zimmerman. New Haven and New York: Yale University Press and American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, 2012. 400 pp.; 517 color ills.; 28 b/w ills. Cloth $65.00 (9780300181142)

de Guitaut, Caroline. Royal Fabergé. Exh. cat. London: Royal Collection Publications, 2011. 156 pp.; 150 color ills. Cloth €12.95 (9781905686377)

de Leeuw-de Monti, Matteo, and Petra Timmer. Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay. Eds. Matilda McQuaid and Susan Brown. Exh. cat. New York: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2011. 200 pp.; 300 ills. Paper $35.00 (9780910503846)

DeJean, Joan. The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Casual—and the Modern Home Began. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2011. 304 pp. Paper $16.00 (9781608192304)

Diba, Layla S. Turkmen Jewelry: Silver Ornaments from the Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011. 264 pp.; 265  color ills.; 25  b/w ills. Cloth (9780300124040)

Dransart, Penelope, and Helen Wolfe. Textiles from the Andes. Northampton, MA: Interlink Books, 2012. 100 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $20.00 (9781566568593)

Earle, Joe, and Hiroko Watanabe. Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers. Exh. cat. New York: Japan Society, 2011. 96 pp.; 55 color ills. Paper $35.00 (9780300175769)

Falino, Jeannine, and Jennifer Scanlan, eds. Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design. Exh. cat. New York: Museum of Arts and Design, 2011. 368 pp.; 250 color ills. Cloth $65.00 (0810984806)

Ferebee, Ann, and Jeff Byles. A History of Design from the Victorian Era to the Present: A Survey of the Modern Style in Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, and Photography. Second edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2011. 208 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $50.00 (9780393732726)

Giorcelli, Cristina, and Paula Rabinowitz, eds. Accessorizing the Body. Habits of Being, vol. 1. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. 272 pp.; 10 color ills.; 34 b/w ills. Paper $24.95 (9780816675791)

Gordon, John Stuart. A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. 456 pp.; 357 color ills. Cloth $75.00 (9780300153019)

Heller, Steven, and Véronique Vienne. 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design. San Francisco: Laurence King Publishing, 2012. 216 pp.; 300 color ills. Paper $29.95 (9781856697941)

Hiesinger, Kathryn Bloom. Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2011. 60 pp.; 42 color ills. Paper $18.00 (9780300179828)

Hinton, Jack. The Art of German Stoneware, 1300–1900. Exh. cat. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012. 60 pp.; 90 color ills.; 1 b/w ills. Paper $20.00 (9780300179781)

Kenny, Peter M., Michael K. Brown, Frances F. Bretter, and Matthew A. Thurlow. Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York. Exh. cat. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012. 312 pp.; 350 color ills. Cloth $65.00 (9780300155112)

Koda, Harold. 100 Shoes: The Costume Institute / The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of, 2011. 232 pp.; 191 color ills.; 18 b/w ills. Paper $24.95 (9780300172409)

Lovell, Suzanne. Artistic Interiors: Designing with Fine Art Collections. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2011. 256 pp.; 190 color ills. Paper $60.00 (9781584799366)

Majer, Michele, ed. Staging Fashion, 1880–1920: Jane Hading, Lily Elsie, Billie Burke. Exh. cat. New York: Bard Graduate Center, 2012. 208 pp.; 168 color ills. Paper $40.00 (9780300181135)

Martin, Earl, ed. Knoll Textiles: 1945–2010. Exh. cat. New York: Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, 2011. 400 pp.; 300 color ills.; 100 b/w ills. Cloth $75.00 (9780300170696)

McQuilten, Grace. Art in Consumer Culture: Mis-Design. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011. 218 pp.; 4  color ills.; 15 b/w ills. Cloth $119.95 (9781409422402)

Molinski, Chris, ed. Anne Wilson: Wind/Rewind/Weave. Exh. cat. Chicago: WhiteWalls, 2011. 163 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $30.00 (9780945323228)

Netherton, Robin, and Gale R. Owen-Crocker, eds. Medieval Clothing and Textiles. Medieval Clothing and Textiles vol. 7. Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2011. 192 pp.; 31 b/w ills. Cloth $50.00 (9781843836254)

Phipps, Elena. Looking at Textiles: A Guide to Technical Terms. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2012. 112 pp.; 78 color ills.; 2 b/w ills. Paper $18.95 (9781606060803)

Ryan, Zoë, ed. Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011. 192 pp.; 140 color ills.; 75 b/w ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780300167047)

Ryan, Zoë. Fashioning the Object: Bless, Boudicca, and Sandra Backlund. Exh. cat. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2012. 96 pp.; 75 color ills. Paper $16.95 (9780300179743)

Scott, Margaret. Fashion in the Middle Ages. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. 112 pp.; 88 color ills. Cloth $19.95 (9781606060612)

Sumberg, Bobbie, ed. Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress. Exh. cat. Santa Fe, NM and New York: Museum of International Folk Art and Macedonian Arts Council, 2012. 263 pp.; 383 color ills. Cloth $60.00 (9780295991634)

Whitehead, John. French Interiors of the Eighteenth Century. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2009. 256 pp.; 263 ills. Cloth $60.00 (9781856690188)