Liz O'Brien, Modern Design and Decorative Arts

Please visit the gallery to peruse our up-to-the-minute selection of modern design books, including the following titles available for sale:

Ultramodern: Samuel Marx, Architect, Designer, Art Collector
Liz O'Brien
Pointed Leaf Press, 2007. 216 pages, color illustrations. $95.

Great Houses of Chicago 1871-1921
Susan Benjamin and Stuart Cohen
Acanthus Press, 2008. 336 pages, black and white illustrations. $75.

Defining Luxury: The Qualities of Life at Home
Jeffrey Bilhuber
Rizzoli, 2008. 256 pages, color illustrations. $65.

Jacques Grange
Pierre Passebon
Editions du Regard, 2008. 256 pages.

Magic Facade: The Austin House
Eugene Gaddis, editor
Wadsworth Atheneum, 2007. 132 pages, color illustrations. $35.

Elsie de Wolfe: The Birth of Moden Interior Decoration
Penny Sparke, edited by Mitchell Owens
Acanthus Press, 2005. 371 pages, predominately black and white illustrations. $85.

In the Pink: Dorothy Draper, America's Most Fabulous Decorator
Carleton Varney
Pointed Leaf Press, 2006. 216 pages, color illustrations. $95.

Tony Duquette
Wendy Goodman and Hutton Wilkinson
Abrams, 2007. 367 pages, color illustrations. $75.

Frances Elkins: Interior Design
Stephen M. Salny
W.W. Norton, 2005. 208 pages, color illustrations. $65.

Class Act: William Haines, Legendary Hollywood Decorator
Peter Schifando and Jean H. Mathison
Pointed Leaf Press, 2005. 228 pages, color illustrations. $125.

Serge Roche
Patrick
Mauriès
Galerie Chastel Marechal et Le Promeneur, 2006. 163 pages, color illustrations. $150.

Line Vautrin: Miroirs
Patrick Mauriès
Galerie Chastel Marechal et Le Promeneur, 2004. color illustrations. $125.

Jansen Furniture
James Archer Abbott

Acanthus Press, 2007. 383 pages, color illustrations. $75.

Jansen
James Archer Abbott

Acathus Press, 2006. 323 pages, color illustrations. $90.

Les Décorateurs des années 40
Bruno Foucart and Jean-Louis Gaillemin

Norma Editions, 1998. Text in French, 302 pages, color illustrations. $150.


Michael Taylor: Interior Design
Stephen M. Salny
Norton, January 2009. 288 pages.

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