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Complete Kagan: Vladimir Kagan--A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design

2 reviews
Vladmir Kagan

Pointed Leaf Press, 2006

Excellent book!
Fantastic book on the life and work of a great artist of modern furniture. Well written, lush with photos and perfectly laid out. If you are a serious student of mid-century modern you need to own this book.

Drawing Fashion: The Art of Kenneth Paul Block

2 reviews
Susan Mulcahy

Pointed Leaf Press, 2008

Swan-necked Hauteur
The Art of Kenneth Paul Block is a long awaited book of astonishingly vibrant fashion and portrait drawings of swan necked beauties by a much admired fashion-insider. Mr. Block studied at The Parsons school of Design and illustrated the work of the most influential fashion designers from about the mid 20th century to the nineties before unoriginal, mediocre photography (and unskilled ...

In the Pink: Dorothy Draper--America's Most Fabulous Decorator

19 reviews
Carleton Varney

Pointed Leaf Press, 2006

Terrific book
This is a wonderful book, full of excellent photographs and graphics, detailing the history and the flamboyant and highly sophisticated design of Dorothy Draper. The book includes treatment of her furniture, fabric designs, and public relations projects, as well as examples of her most important residential and commercial commissions. A book about great style, and a book with great style.

Helena Rubinstein: Over the Top

2 reviews
Suzanne Slesin

Pointed Leaf Press, 2006

An eye-opening photographic showcase
Helena Rubinstein: Over The Top is an eye-opening photographic showcase of the works of cosmetics industry and style making pioneer Helena Rubinstein. The text narrates the life of this extraordinary twentieth-century woman and offers the fascinating stories behind her many unique and creative works of art, trend, fashion and decoration. Helena Rubinstein: Over The Top is remarkable, unique, ...

Moko Jumbies: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad

3 reviews
Geoffrey Holder

Pointed Leaf Press, 2004

You've never seen images anything like these...
You've never seen images anything like these...it's hard to find the words to describe them, so I'll try for just one: A boy in black and red with flowing gold "wings" is striding joyfully along a road bordered by a corrugated iron fence, but he has risen above that impoverished world on his stilts, and is profiled by the magic of a purple sky. The reader finds herself examining the book again ...

Be Dazzled! Norman Hartnell, Sixty Years of Glamour and Fashion

1 review
Michael Pick

Pointed Leaf Press, 2007

VINTAGE STUFF
The only words must be "Absolutely Fabulous". Layout is gorgeous AND it's readable which is more than can be said for many books of this kind. No lover of fashion or "beaux livres" should be without it !

Decorating Is Fun!: How to be Your Own Decorator

3 reviews
Dorothy Draper

Pointed Leaf Press, 2007

A focus on how to have a good time decorating
This isn't another book about the history of decorating nor even how to design an interior, but a focus on how to have a good time decorating - which sets DECORATING IS FUN! HOW TO BE YOUR OWN DECORATOR apart as much today as when it originally appeared in 1939 on the even of the second world war. The title's been out of print for over sixty years and is reissued here with its original ...

Class Act: William Haines Legendary Hollywood Decorator

10 reviews
Peter Schifando

Pointed Leaf Press, 2005

EXQUISITE BOOK
I am so thrilled to have found this book. I have tried for years to find pictures of William Haines work. This is such a magnificent book. I just wished there were more of what there was. This book is an amazine find and a delightful addition to my collection.

Brush

1 review
Daniel Rozensztroch

Pointed Leaf Press, 2006

Brushes, art and design standards
Brushes relate a history of social roles and changes in concepts of beauty and hygiene, and the workers and designers who invent brushes often include innovative or artistic flairs which aren't fully appreciated. BRUSHES provides pages packed with brush pictures, descriptions of different types of brushes and their purposes, and insights on design and art. Marc Schwartz's gorgeous photos ...

UltraModern: Samuel Marx Architect, Designer, Art Collector

4 reviews
Liz O'Brien

Pointed Leaf Press, 2007

A superb and insightful introduction
Samuel Abraham Marx was an architect, furniture designer, connoisseur, and collector who worked during the early decades of the 20th century. Profusely illustrated with more than 200 images, "Ultramodern Samuel Marx: Architect, Designer, Art Collector" by Liz O'Brien (a decorative arts dealer specializing in modern design) is the first monograph of a once relatively obscure by nowadays ...

Earthling
Barry Swabsky

Pointed Leaf Press, 2006

Internationally renowned artist Warren Neidich combines photography and performance art in Earthling , an eerie and humorous book of photographs based on his most recent body of work. Featuring an introduction by the well-known critic Barry Schwabsky and an interview with globetrotting curator, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Earthling offers insight into Neidich's original artwork. Often taken in caf,s and using newspapers and magazines altered by the ...

Brosse
Daniel Rozensztroch

Pointed Leaf Press, 2006

This delightful book is a must-have for anyone interested in design, folk art and collecting. It accompanied an exhibition at the BibliothEque Forney, Paris, in Spring of 2006.

Houses in My Heart: Carleton Varney: An International Decorator's Colorful Journey
Carleton Varney

Pointed Leaf Press, 2008

This book charts over two dozen of Carleton Varney's best, most original, and never published before projects

Raymond Jacobs: My New York
Eleanor Jacobs

Pointed Leaf Press, 2006

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