Welcome to Potterton Books website the one stop source for reference books on Architecture, Antiques, Interior Design and the Decorative Arts. POTTERTON BOOKS : TWENTIETH CENTURY SOURCEBOOKS Charlotte Perriand: Un Art D' Habiter by Jacques Barsac 512pp. Lavishly illustrated throughout. The most comprehensive work on the very important designer. The book looks at her development as an artist from her training at L' Ecloe de l' Union Centrale des arts decoratifs, her recognition in Paris and her work in Japan during the war where she found further inspiration. French text. Price:  £75.00 Furniture and interiors of the 1940's by Anne Bony 2003. 240pp, 300 colour and b&w illus. A fabulously illustrated study of this eclectic and little-covered period of twentieth century design. Price:  £40.00 Furniture and interiors of the 1960's by Anne Bony 2004. 223pp., colour & b&w illus. An in-depth look at the dynamic design trends of the 1960's. The 1960s was a decade of exuberance, experimentation, and excess, a time when radical furniture design "popped" as brightly as the new art, and traditional designs were recast with new materials. In this era of uncertainty and radical change,utopian ideals fueled new directions in furnishings and accessories that appeared in cutting edge homes and offices around the world. Price:  £40.00 Furniture and interiors of the 1970's by Anne Bony 240pp, 300 colour illustrations. An in-depth look at the revolutionary designs thar shook the 1970's. This book bears witness to the fusion of influences - both societal and individual - that took held during this explosive decade and catapultaed design into its contemporary framework. Price:  £40.00 Modernism: Designing a new world Edited by Christopher Wilk 496pp, 400 colour illustrations. This book explores Modernism and design from a truly international perspective, and across all the arts. It offers a reassessment of the idea of Modernism and reveals the fundamental ways on which it has shaped our own world and its visual culture. The range of objects illustrated include painting, sculpture, film, photography, prints and collage as well as architecture, interiors, furniture, manufactured products, graphic and fashion design. Price:  £45.00 Jansen By James Archer Abbott 320pp, 300 colour and duotone. For more than a century, a Parisian decorating firm of Maison Jansen (1880-1989) aimed at the very highest, creating definitely luxurious, predominantly eighteenth century French style interiors for clients who included the kings of Holland, Spain, Belgium, Egypt and Great Britain, and the Shah of Persia. Price:  £55.00 The English garden through the twentieth century 288pp, 145 colour, 130 b&w illus. Jane Brown surveys the most influential and significant gardener designers working in the 20th century from Gertrude Jekyll up to the present. She covers all the principal movements: Arts and Crafts, the Italian influence, the modern movement, the new Georgians and the post-modern garden. She also explains Geoffrey Jellicoe's philosophy of design. The book gives an excellent readable overview of a century of innovation and change. It is an essential work for anyone who has any interest in the most popular pastime of the 20th century. Price:  £25.00 Arts and Crafts Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll and Lawrence Weaver 1999. 272pp. This new edition, re-titled Arts and Crafts gardens to distinguish it from the original book and published at the turn of the twentieth century, takes advantage of modern colour reproduction and colour printing technoogy. whilst we cannot go back in time to re-take the original photographs of arts and crafts gardens and houses as they are today together with reproductions of contemporary paintings and watercolours complement the original black and white photographs and bring new colour and light to a now vanished world. Price:  £25.00 Artists in Glass: Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass 2001. 240pp., 300 colour photographs. This survey features over 70 glass artists from Harvey Littleton and Erwin Eisch to 21st century practioners such as Bertil Vallien and Dale Chihuly. Each entry describes the artists working methods and styles. Price:  £35.00 Twentieth Century Furniture by Fiona & Keith Baker. 2001. 256pp., 230 colour photographs. With over 230 classics of modern design, this book features the work of the world's most influential and talented designers, including Philippe Starck, Henry van der Velde, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Carlo Mollino, David Linley etc. Price:  £19.99 Early 20th century lighting: electric and gas, with price guide Softcover. This reproduction of an early twentieth century catalogue from the Beardslee Chandelier Manufacturing Compan of Chicago, Illinois, illustrates and describes hundreds of gas and electric lighting fixtures for both indoor and outdoor use. Price:  £15.00 A tribute to Raymond Rombout's Raymond Rombouts is seen as one of the most influential Belgian architects of the twentieth century. He has a great deal of admiration for the proportions and harmonious composition of eighteenth century country houses and castles, manor houses, farmhouses and other historical buildings that radiate authenticity, traditional craftsmanship and harmony. Price:  £57.50 Susie Cooper: A Pioneer of modern design by Casey, Andrew and Eatwell 2002. 231pp, 167 colour and 107 b&w illus. Her ability to anticipate the mood of the day and understand market trends enabled Susie Cooper to keep ahead of her competitors in the cermaics industry for seven decades during the 20th century. In 16 authoritative essays, the life of one of Britain's greatest ceramic designers is examined. Price:  £29.50 Twentieth century ceramics by Edmund de Waal October 2003. 208pp, 69 colour & 109 b&w illus. Ceramics have kept pace with - or even led - new movements in art. the book covers Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, the USA and Japan, and appraises the work of eceptional individuals - including Taxile Doat, Bernard Leach, Isamu Noguchi, Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and Pablo Picasso. Price:  £8.95 David Battie's Guide to understanding 19th and 20th Century Porcelain 320pp, 72 colour, 464 b&w illus. Written by a leading authority and personality, this book makes available the latest information resulting from research into the major factory archives. Objects are divided into collecting areas such as bowls, figures and vases, rather than into factories. Factors influencing prices are discussed, the vexed question of fakes is also considered and a numer of illustrated examples are included. Price:  £29.95 20th Century ceramic designers in Britain by Andrew Casey 2001. 391pp, 354 colour and 16 b&w illus. Focuses on British ceramic designers of the 20th century, including major female designers such as Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper. This guide also covers those whom there is limited information, like Keith Murrayand John Clappison. Price:  £35.00 Miller's 20th century ceramics antiques checklist by Paul Atterbury 2003. 192pp, c.400 full colour photographs. These pocket guides offer an "on the spot", uniquely fast and accurate way to recognize, identify, and date antiques. In each subject a simple "question and answer" checklist is provided for a wide range of representative items, teaching you what to look for, as well as how to distinguish between the geniune article and a fake, an original and a copy. The checklist is accompanied by a detailed analysis, a concise history, and factors that effect the value of the piece. Price:  £9.99 Ensembles Mobiliers (18 volume set) Published originally by Charles Moreau, between 1937-1960 in portfolio form, these important volumes traced the trends and fashion of the Salon des Artiste decorateurs and at the Salon des Arts menagers. They feature the legendary names of Ruhlmann, Groult, Follot, Chareau, Le Corbusier, Perriand, Herbst, Arbus, Poillerat, Royere, Dupre-Lafon, Drouet, Jallot, Raphael, etc. Each volume consists of 48 b&w plates. Price:  £650.00 The Furniture of Carlo Mollino: Complete works 240pp, 280 colour, 220 line drawings. Fulvio Ferrari and Napoleone Ferrari, is the only monograph on the furniture and interior design of Carlo Mollino, one of the most original Italian designers of the 20th century. Illustrated with over 400 sketches and photographs, many never published before. Price:  £45.00 (Excluding: VAT at 17.5%) The Twentieth Century Houses in Britain: From the Archives of "Country Life" by Alan Powers 192pp, 200 colour plates. this archive forms the basis for Alan Powers new study of Twentieth-century houses, illustrated with 200 stunning colour and duotone photographs, some of which are reproduced here for the first time. Both town and country houses are included, as well as remodelling of earlier buildings where the result has a clear twentieth-century character, such as London's glorious Eltham Palace. Price:  £40.00 Joe Colombo: Inventing the future 320pp, 300 illustrations. This book gives a complete overview of the work of designer Joe Colombo. One of the most successful industrial designers of his time, Colombo created numerous classics of design for companies such as Kartell, Comfort, Zanotta, Oluce, Bernini, Bonacina, B-Line and Alessi. Colombo was also one of the most important visionaries of the sixties, who intended to anticipate the "Habitat of the future" in interiors and living modules. This book including a comprehensive work overview with coloured reproductions of sketches, architecture and interior plans, designs and images of objects. Price:  £36.00 Art Deco 1910-1939 2003. 464pp, 468 colour & 50 b&w illus. This lavish and erudite book is the most wide-ranging survey in existence on the most popular style of the 20th century. It is beautifully illustrated with a breathtaking selection of images which truly capture the essence of Art Deco. Price:  £40.00 Furniture 2000: Modern Classics and New Designs in Production by L. Pina. 214pp., 575 colour photographs. Many classic furniture designs of the 20th century are still in production and available to the public. Indexes of 250 designers and manufacturers and a list of sources enable the reader to locate each item for purchase and additional information. Price:  £45.00 Art Deco Interiors from the 1925 Paris exhibition by Maurice Dufrene 212pp, 96 duotone plates. This classic work reproduces duotone plates from original volumes first published in 1926 to illustrate the rooms furnished for the 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs which launched the art Deco movement. The rooms display a treasure trove of original features, including carpets, lighting, wall hangings and classic quality furniture of the period. Among the interiors illustrated are grand reception rooms, bedrooms and boudoirs, artists' studios, dining rooms, hallways ad a kitchen. This is a reprint of a much sought after volume, it is essential acquisition for all modern designers, decorators, home furnishers and collectors. Price:  £49.50 The Dictionary of 20th century British book illustrators 456pp, 154 colour, 344 b&w illus. This book contains information about some 1,000 British illustrators, the lesser known as well as the masters in this field, whose work was published in the first seventy years of the 20th century. Introductionary articles on such topics as commercial art, wood engravings and children's book illustratos are folloed by biographical details of individual artists with lists of illustrated books, galleries and museums where the artist's work has been shown. A detailed biography is included. Price:  £45.00 Dictionary of British art. Volume VI: 20th Century painters and sculptors 484pp, 87 colour, 285 b&w illus. The 7,000 artists featured range from First world war artists to the Camden Town group, from fifties abstractionists to minimalists; the list of ideas and schools is seemingly endless. The media used are diverse, with artists who work in mesh, bricks, textiles etc. This range is combined with the continuing tradition of portraiture, landscape, and flora. Price:  £45.00 20th Century jewellery: A sourcebook by John Peacock 144pp, 1500 colour illus. A detailed history and sourcebook of 20th century jewellery. It charts every kind and style for men and women, each piece accompanied by a full description with details of materials, fastenings and mounts. Arranged by decade, this is an invaluable reference for students, designers and collectors. Price:  £24.95 POTTERTON BOOKS : TWENTIETH CENTURY SOURCEBOOKS Buy Online - the best way to buy.