Archive for the ‘Books’ Category

BOOKS - FASHION

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Man and the Horse
Diana Vreeland, et al.
Man and the Horse
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984
Beautiful and fascinating catalogue of the landmark Costume Institute exhibition: a must-have for horse lovers. 

Savile Row
Richard Walker 
Savile Row: an Illustrated History 
New York: Rizzoli, 1989 
Fascinating history of the great locus of men’s tailoring.

Mode in Hats
R. Turner Wilcox
The Mode in Hats and Headdress
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1959
The updated and revised edition of this hard-to-find, exhaustive review of its subject with many hundreds of illustrations by the eminent author.

BOOKS - GREAT HOUSES

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

A selection of our books on great houses is shown below. Many more titles can be found at our gallery in Pine Plains: please visit!

Twighlight of Splendor
James T. Maher
The Twilight of Splendor
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975
Hard-to-find study of five of the greatest houses built in the US including Vizcaya and Whitemarsh Hall; a fine work of literature as well as history.

 Palaces of India
The Maharaja of Baroda (text) and Virginia Fass (photographs)
The Palaces of India
London: Collins, 1980
First edition of this marvelous volume with color and black-and-white photos and meticulously researched text.

Newport Remembered 
Deborah Turbeville (photos), Louis Auchincloss (text)
Newport Remembered
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994
Signed by Louis Auchincloss
Turbeville’s remarkable, atmospheric photos of Newport’s great houses.

Pleasure Grounds
Jacquetta M. Haley, ed.
Pleasure Grounds: Andrew Jackson Downing and Montgomery Place
Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Press, 1988, stated first printing.
A charming collection of writings by Downing, “America’s first professional landscape gardener,” illustrated with 14 watercolors by his collaborator Alexander Jackson Davis, all focused on Montgomery Place the Dutchess County estate of the Livingston family.

BOOKS

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Dear Friends: I am excited to let you know that our inventory of rare, unusual and delightful books continues to grow. In addition to our well-known collection of sporting-related titles we have acquired many books about style, décor, great houses and grand people. A few titles are shown below. We will be adding titles to this section of the website continuously so do check back frequently. I invite you to visit my Pine Plains gallery to view the complete inventory of books as well as my collections of sporting art, Indian colonial and Tibetan furniture. I look forward to receiving you at the gallery, -Jeanne Chisholm, the Chisholm Gallery

<i>Vogue’s Book of Houses, Gardens, People</i>
Horst (photographs), Valentine Lawford (text), Diana Vreeland (foreword)
Vogue’s Book of Houses, Gardens, People
New York: the Viking Press, 1968

<i>Great Palaces</i>
Sacheverell Sitwell. 
Great Palaces.
London: Spring Books/Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., 1969.
Beautifully designed, authoritative survey.