- PAIR OF SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS, ETC.Pair
PAIR OF SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS, ETC.Pair of silhouette portraits, together with an advertisement for Miss Gibbs, silhouettist, 19th c.
Condition:
Gentleman - 6 5/8" x 5 1/8" overall. Condition: not examined.
- TEN COFFEE TABLE BOOKS ON MIDCENTURY
TEN COFFEE TABLE BOOKS ON MIDCENTURY DESIGN Lot of ten books on design of the 1950s and 1960s, including, The New Look: Design in the Fifties by Leslie Jackson, printed 1991 by Thames and Hudson; 50s Decorative Art by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, printed 2000 by Taschen; 60s Decorative Art by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, printed 2000 by Taschen; 70s Decorative Art by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, printed 2000 by Taschen; Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960s by Cara Greenberg, printed 1999 by Bulfinch; The Sixties by Lesley Jackson, printed 1998 by Phaidon; Contemporary: Architecture and Interiors of the 1950s by Lesley Jackson, printed 1994 by Phaidon; Sixties Design by Philippe Garner, printed 1996 by Taschen; Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream by Paul Adamson, printed 2002 by Gibbs Smith; Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966, printed 2002 by Taschen.Approximate Dimensions:Case Study Houses: l. 16", w. 12.5" Provenance: Private Collection of Bill Stewart, Atlanta, GA.
- SEVEN COFFEE TABLE BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
SEVEN COFFEE TABLE BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE Lof of seven coffee table books on architecture, including Cabin Porn, printed 2015 by Little, Brown; Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner, printed 2008 by Rizzoli; Modern American Houses: Four Decades of Award-Winning Design, printed 1996 by Abrams; The Modern A Frame, printed 2018 by Gibbs Smith; The Un-Private House, printed 1999 by Museum of Modern Art; Carlo Mollino Arabesques, printed 2006 by Electra; Retreat: The Modern House in Nature by Ron Broadhurst, published 2015 by Rizzoli. Approximate Dimensions:Retreat: h. 11.25", w. 9.25" Provenance: Private Collection of Bill Stewart, Atlanta, GA.
- SEVEN COFFEE TABLE BOOKS ON INTERIOR
SEVEN COFFEE TABLE BOOKS ON INTERIOR DESIGN Lot of seven coffee table books on interior design, containing Getways and Retreats by Barclay Butera, published 2013 by Gibbs Smith; High Style by Ron Woodson and Jaime Rummerfield, published 2008 by Chronicle Books; Vern Yip's Vacation At Home, published 2019 by Running Press; Simply Serene by Thomas Pheasant and signed by the author, published 2013 by Rizzoli; Mattia Bonetti by various authors, published 2010 by Skira Rizzoli; Sophisticated Simplicity by Suzanne Kasler, published 2018 by Rizzoli; An Affair With A House by Bunny Williams and signed by the author, published 2005 by Stewart Tabori and Chang. Approximate Dimensions:Varies. Provenance: Private Collection of Bill Stewart, Atlanta, GA.
- CHARLES DICKENS, THE BOZ WALTZES SHEET
CHARLES DICKENS, THE BOZ WALTZES SHEET MUSIC BOOK The Boz Waltzes as performed by Dodworth's Band, At the Grand Festival Park Theatre. Respectfully dedicated to Charles Dickens, Esq. Composed by Joseph Lanner (1801-1843). Published 1842, by Firth and Hall. The Boz Waltzes were written in honor of Charles Dickens' visit to America and contains sheet music based on the works of Charles Dickens. The book is bound in green leather with gilt decoration. A previous owner's name is labeled in gilt on the front board that says Caroline L. Gibbs. Speckled page edges. Some color illustrations inside. Large 4to.
- WILCOX & GIBBS TREADLE SEWING MACHINE
WILCOX & GIBBS TREADLE SEWING MACHINE Early 20th century, with early conversion to electricity, 29 in. H., 28 1/2 in. W., 16 in. D.
- WILLCOX & GIBBS AUTOMATIC NOISELESS
WILLCOX & GIBBS AUTOMATIC NOISELESS SEWING MACHINE With patents dated up to 1894, complete with case, manual, and extra needles; the case, 10 3/4 in. H., 16 in. W., 7 1/2 in. D.
- A BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE, CONTAINING...A
A BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE, CONTAINING...A Book of Architecture, Containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments , by James Gibbs, London: W. Innys et al., 1739; Second edition with 150 engraved plates, including four double-page. Gibbs' works include the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, his pattern book of Georgian design became the most widely used architecture book of the century, 16 7/8" x 10 5/8".
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Condition:
Calf binding with tooled and gilt spine. Two pages with margin tears, light pencil sketching on backs of some pages, pages mostly clean with some foxing, boards detatched.
- ALBUM OF ELEVEN PITH PAINTINGS
QING
ALBUM OF ELEVEN PITH PAINTINGS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ????????????? ????????comprising: nine paintings depicting dignitaries and their wives, two loose, one painted with a dinner scene and the other with idyllic figures in a lake scene, except three, all in a red silk-bound album(11)album: 36cm x 25.5cm; paintings: 28cm x 18.7cm eachProvenance: Private French collection; Gifted to the current owner's aunt by Mrs Gibbs in Normandy during the 1930s-1940s, when working for her first as a cook, and later as her housekeeper. Mrs Gibbs belonged to the renowned D&W Gibbs family, manufacturers of soap and toothpaste, famously used by British troops in France during the First World War.
- ROBERT COURTRIGHT 1983 SPOLETO FESTIVAL
ROBERT COURTRIGHT 1983 SPOLETO FESTIVAL POSTER Robert Courtright - Gibbs Art Gallery exhibition poster / offset lithograph for show at the Spoleto Festival USA 1983 depicting Courtright's paper mache masks. Image: 33.5" square, frame: 38" square.
- ROBERT COURTRIGHT MIXED MEDIA "MASK"
ROBERT COURTRIGHT MIXED MEDIA "MASK" SCULPTURE Robert Courtright (American, 1926-2012) "Mask," mixed media sculpture including papier-m?ch? and watercolor, in lucite presentation case, signed on reverse: "Courtright." Mask: 8" H x 11" W; case: 14.5" H x 15" W x 4.5" D. Exhibited at Gibbs Art Gallery, Spoleto Festival U.S.A. (Charleston, S.C.), 1983. Featured artwork on the gallery's exhibition poster from the festival. A framed example of the poster is being offered in Lot X.
- ROBERT COURTRIGHT MIXED MEDIA "MASK"
ROBERT COURTRIGHT MIXED MEDIA "MASK" SCULPTURE Robert Courtright (American, 1926-2012) "Mask," mixed media sculpture including papier-m?ch? and watercolor, in lucite presentation case, signed on reverse: "Courtright." Mask: 8" H x 11" W; case: 14.5" H x 15" W x 4.5" D. Exhibited at Gibbs Art Gallery, Spoleto Festival U.S.A. (Charleston, S.C.), 1983. Featured artwork on the gallery's exhibition poster from the festival. A framed example of the poster is being offered in Lot X.