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"El - Mâarka" : résidence princière dans une oasis au Maroc (XVIIIe siècle)

Author:
Jacques-Meunié, D  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
El Maarka  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Morocco
Date:
1973
Topic:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Palaces  Search this
Moorish architecture  Search this
Call number:
NK2 .C132
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_950772
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"The art that is life" : the arts & crafts movement in America, 1875-1920 / by Wendy Kaplan ; with contributions by Eileen Boris ... [et al.]

Author:
Kaplan, Wendy  Search this
Boris, Eileen 1948-  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 410 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
1998, c1987
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Arts and crafts movement  Search this
Decorative arts--History  Search this
Eclecticism in architecture  Search this
Call number:
NK1141 .A79 1998
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_563232
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"Ying zao fa shi" cai hua yan jiu / Li Luke zhu

Title:
《營造法式》彩畫研究 / 李路珂著
Author:
Li, Luke 1980-  Search this
Subject:
Li, Jie 1035-1110 Ying zao fa shi  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 407 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
2011
To 1500
Topic:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural--History  Search this
Color in architecture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_985500
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"Ying zao fa shi" jie du / Pan Guxi, He Jianzhong zhu

Title:
《营造法式》解读 / 潘谷西, 何建中著
Author:
Pan, Guxi  Search this
Li, Jie 1035-1110 Ying zao fa shi 2005  Search this
He, Jianzhong 1943-  Search this
Subject:
Li, Jie 1035-1110 Ying zao fa shi  Search this
Physical description:
13, 322 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
2005
Topic:
Architecture, Chinese  Search this
Architecture--Details  Search this
Building--Early works to 1800  Search this
Building--Details--Early works to 1800  Search this
Structural design--Early works to 1800  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Early works to 1800  Search this
Building, Wooden--Early works to 1800  Search this
Call number:
NA1540 .P36 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_869288
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'We the people.' Part 1, The Constitutional Court of South Africa at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg Jonathan Alfred Noble

Author:
Noble, Jonathan Alfred  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Constitution Hill (Heritage complex : Johannesburg, South Africa)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
South Africa
Johannesburg
Date:
2011
Topic:
Courthouses  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Architecture--Competitions  Search this
Call number:
NA2543.R37 N63 2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_999930
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'We the people.' Part 2, The Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown Jonathan Alfred Noble

Author:
Noble, Jonathan Alfred  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Greater Kliptown Development Project  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
South Africa
Johannesburg
Walter Sisulu Square (Kliptown, South Africa)
Johannesburg (South Africa)
Date:
2011
Topic:
Public architecture  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Architecture--Competitions  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Call number:
NA2543.R37 N63 2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_999931
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12a Triennale di Milano, Palazzo dell'arte : [catalogo / a cura di Pier Carlo Santini]

Author:
Triennale di Milan (12th : 1960)  Search this
Santini, Pier Carlo  Search this
Physical description:
126 p., [71] p. of plates : ill., ports., 2 fold. plans ; 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1960
Topic:
Decorative arts  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Call number:
NK520.I8 M54 1960
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_438202
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14th International congress of Turkish art : proceedings / editor, Frédéric Hitzel

Author:
International Congress of Turkish Art (14th : 2011 : Paris, France)  Search this
Editor:
Hitzel, Frédéric  Search this
Physical description:
920 pages : illustrations (color), maps, facsimiles, plans, charts ; 30 cm
Type:
Congresses
Conference papers and proceedings
Place:
Turkey
Date:
2013
Topic:
Art, Turkish--History  Search this
Architecture, Turkish--History  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural--History  Search this
Decorative arts--History  Search this
Tiles--History  Search this
Embroidery, Ottoman--History  Search this
Art, Ottoman--Preservation  Search this
Architecture, Ottoman--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Historic preservation  Search this
Art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
N7161 .I67 2013
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1059040
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16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum / Elizabeth Miller

Title:
Sixteenth century Italian ornament prints
Author:
Miller, Elizabeth 1958-  Search this
Victoria and Albert Museum  Search this
Physical description:
278 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Italy
Date:
1999
16th century
Topic:
Prints, Italian--Catalogs  Search this
Prints--Catalogs  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
NE659 .M56 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_554803
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1er[-2d] liure de diuers ornemens pour plafonds, cintres surbaissez, galleries, & autres / de l'inuention de Iean Cotelle, peintre ordinaire du roy

Title:
Recueil de divers ornemens ala grecque pour des plafonds
Divers ornemens pour plafonds
Premier livre de divers ornemens pour plafonds
Author:
Cotelle, Jean 1607-1676  Search this
Engraver:
Boullanger, Jean 1606-1660  Search this
Poilly, François de 1623-1693  Search this
Physical description:
8, 15 leaves (some folded) : all ill. ; 36 cm. (fol.)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Pictorial works
Place:
France
Date:
16uu
[16--?]
Topic:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Architecture--Details  Search this
Decoration and ornament--Greek influences  Search this
Ceilings  Search this
Call number:
NK2119 .C68 1600z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_592461
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5000 years of tiles / Hans Van Lemmen

Title:
Five thousand years of tiles
Author:
Lemmen, Hans van  Search this
Physical description:
304 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2013
Topic:
Tiles--History  Search this
Tile industry--History  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1018234
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9. Milletlerarası Türk sanatları kongresi : bildiriler : 23-27 Eylül 1991, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi-İstanbul = 9th International congress of Turkish art : contributions : 23-27 September 1991, Atatürk Cultural Center-Istanbul

Title:
Milletlerarası Türk sanatları kongresi
Dokuzuncu milletlerarası Türk sanatları kongresi
9th International congress of Turkish art
Ninth international congress of Turkish art
Bildiri özetleri
Summary of contributions
Author:
International Congress of Turkish Art (9th : 1991 : Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey)  Search this
Turkey Kültür Bakanlığı  Search this
Physical description:
3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
Turkey
Date:
1995
1991
Topic:
Art, Turkish  Search this
Architecture, Turkish  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Call number:
N7265 .I5 1991
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_891215
view A collection of designs for modern embellishments : suitable to parlours, dining & drawing rooms, folding doors, chimney pieces, varandas, frizes, &c. on 25 plates / by C.A. Busby, architect digital asset number 1
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A collection of designs for modern embellishments : suitable to parlours, dining & drawing rooms, folding doors, chimney pieces, varandas, frizes, &c. on 25 plates / by C.A. Busby, architect

Title:
Designs for modern embellishments
Busby's collection of designs for modern embellishments
Author:
Busby, C. A (Charles Augustin) 1786-1834  Search this
Former owner:
Hewitt, Abram S (Abram Stevens) 1822-1903 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
25 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 28 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1834
[1834?]
Topic:
Interior decoration  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Call number:
NK2004.3.B97 A4 1834
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_479831
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A drop of milk (Fulbe) / Jean-Paul Bourdier and Trinh T. Minh-Ha

Author:
Bourdier, Jean-Paul  Search this
Trinh, T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha) 1952-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Senegal
Date:
1996
Topic:
Fulbe  Search this
Dwellings  Search this
Architecture, Fula  Search this
Architecture, Domestic  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Fula  Search this
Fulbe compounds (Housing complexes)  Search this
Symbolism in architecture  Search this
Call number:
NA1598 .B68 1996X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_754447
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A field guide to American architecture / by Carole Rifkind

Author:
Rifkind, Carole  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 322 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Place:
United States
Date:
1980
C1980
Topic:
Architecture  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Call number:
NA705 .R53 1980X
NA705.R53 1980X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_128636
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A grammar of Chinese lattice

Author:
Dye, Daniel Sheets  Search this
Physical description:
469 p. illus. 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1949
Topic:
Architecture--Details  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Windows  Search this
Woodwork  Search this
Call number:
NA3583 .D9z
722.1 .D9
NA3583.D9z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_185093
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A guide to architectural styles / Herbert Pothorn

Author:
Pothorn, Herbert  Search this
Physical description:
253 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1983
Topic:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Call number:
NA204 .P86 1983
NA204.P86 1983
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_244749
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A guide to workers in metals and stone : for the use of architects and designers, black and white smiths, brass founders, gas fitters, iron masters, plumbers, silver and goldsmiths, stove and furnace manufacturers, pattern makers, marble masons, stucco workers, carvers and ornamental workers in wood, potters, etc., from original designs, and selections made from every accessible source, American a...

Author:
Walter, Thomas Ustick 1804-1887  Search this
Smith, J. Jay (John Jay) 1798-1881  Search this
Smith, Lloyd P (Lloyd Pearsall) 1822-1886  Search this
Physical description:
4 v., 6, VII-XCIX, [1] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 36 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1846
Topic:
Stone carving  Search this
Metal-work  Search this
Architecture--Details  Search this
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Call number:
NA3680 .W23 1846
NA3680.W23 1846
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_441049
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A guidebook : Národní Muzeum Praha : architecture, artistic decoration and original arts-and-crafts fixtures of the main building of the National Museum in Prague / Lubomír Sršeň

Title:
Architecture, artistic decoration and original arts-and-crafts fixtures of the main building of the National Museum in Prague
Národní Muzeum Praha
Author:
Sršeň, L  Search this
Subject:
Národní muzeum v Praze  Search this
Physical description:
94 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Czech Republic
Prague
Prague (Czech Republic)
Date:
2000
Topic:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural  Search this
Art museum architecture  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_840152
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A handbook of the American Wing, by R. T. H. Halsey and Charles O. Cornelius

Author:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) American Wing  Search this
Halsey, R. T. Haines (Richard Townley Haines) 1865-1942  Search this
Cornelius, Charles Over 1890-1937  Search this
Downs, Joseph  Search this
Physical description:
xxxii, 321 p. illus., plans. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1942
Topic:
Furniture  Search this
Art objects  Search this
Interior decoration  Search this
Architecture, Domestic  Search this
Architecture, Colonial  Search this
Decorative arts, Early American  Search this
Call number:
N611.A6 A58 1942
N611.A6A58 1942
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_418712

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