SESAMS ANTIKVITETSLEKSIKON (Antique Encyclopedia).

Author: Vejen, Georg, Per Kølle, Vibeke Scheuer eds
Country: Denmark
Code: 4774
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1995
No. of pages: 232
Illustrations: 55 Color Illustrations. 299 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00

Price: 35.00

A comprehensive lexicon, with precise yet brief information in 10,000 entries, on all words associated with antiques. This practical guidebook is aimed to assist both the avid antique collector or the curious museumgoer. Includes items from the whole world with emphasis on Scandinavia.

SKATTE FRA SVENSKE KONGESLOTTE (Treasures from Swedish Castles).

Author: Woldbye, Vibeke and Kristian Jakobsen
Country: Denmark
Code: 2041
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1986
No. of pages: 47
Illustrations: 4 Color Illustrations. 36 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8”sq
Weight: 1.00

Price: 12.50

From exquisite Sevres porcelain to silver tea services, from priceless tapestries to delicate furniture, these are but a few of the treasures from Swedish castles on display here. Pictures of a number of Swedish castles and the royalty who lived there.

SKATTER FRA KREML (Treasures From the Kremlin).

Author: Kostina, I.D.
Country: Norway
Code: 4783
Language: Norwegian
Year Published: 2001
No. of pages: 83
Illustrations: 38 Color Illustrations. 0 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10 1/2”x 7 1/2”
Weight: 2.00

Price: 49.50

In celebration of their 125th anniversary, Oslo’s Kunstindustrimuseet held the first exhibition of Russian art presented in Norway. Here we see a brilliant display, numbering 115 objects in all, of Russian handicraft, European goldsmith’s art, and religious costumes from the State Museum in Moscow’s Kremlin.

SPIRIT OF MATERIALS.

Author: From Iben & Randi Lium
Country: Denmark
Code: 6878
Language: Danish / English
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 32
Illustrations: 40 Color Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2” x 9”
Weight: 1.00

Price: 19.50

A group exhibition of inernational contemporary craft artists including Marian Bijlenga, Anne Marie Egemose, Gudrun Gunnarsdottir, Taija Jokinen, Annette Juel, Barbara Shawcroft, Britt Smelvær and Marianne Søgaad Sørensen.

SWEDISH LEGACY, A. Decorative Arts 1700-1960 in the Collections of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Author: Barbro Hovstadius, ed
Country: Sweden
Code: 3334
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 96
Illustrations: 120 Color Illustrations. 13 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11”x 8”
Weight: 2.00

Price: 49.50

Arranged chronologically, the seven chapters cover all aspects of the decorative and applied arts, including pottery, porcelain and glass, furniture and clocks, silver and silver plate, tapestries, fabrics and textiles and plastics. The chapters include: Vasa Renaissance and Caroline Baroque; Age of Freedom-Frederick I and Rococo; Neo-Classicism-The Gustavian Era; Empire-Age of Karl XIV Johan; Romanticism and Historicism; From the Turn of the Century to Swedish Grace and From Functionalism to Scandinavian Design.