 | The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs by Joseph Cunningham
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $45.05 Charles Rohlfs was among the most innovative furniture makers around 1900. His beautiful works grew out of a mix of styles that included Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and proto-modernism. This richly-illustrated book presents the first major study of this important American designer and craftsman, drawing upon new photographs and fresh sources of information.
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 | The Arts and Crafts Movement in Europe and America: Design for the Modern World 1880-1920 by Wendy Kaplan
Buy new: $60.00 / Used from: $37.26 This beautiful catalog accompanied a definitive exhibition on the International Arts and Crafts Movement. It features 260 objects-furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and works on paper-from Britain, Ireland, the U.S., Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Scandinavia, and Finland.
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 | The Art That Is Life: The Art & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920 by Wendy Kaplan
Buy used from: $10.17 This is a reissue of a classic book on the American Arts and Crafts movement. This scholarly book was initially published in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition originated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Works include such objects as furniture, glass, silver, ceramics, textiles, wallpaper, books, and architectural drawings.
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 | A New and Native Beauty: The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene
Buy new: $54.00 / Used from: $89.54 This beautifully-illustrated volume of scholarly essays accompanies the current exhibition of decorative objects designed by Charles and Henry Greene. An essential contribution to the literature on these important California architect-designers, who drew on diverse Asian design precedents within the context of the American Arts and Crafts Movement.
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 | A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls by Margi Hofer
Buy new: $37.96 / Used from: $28.97 This beautiful and scholarly book presents celebrated works of Tiffany Studios in an entirely new context, focusing on the gifted designer Clara Driscoll and other women who labored behind the scenes to create the masterpieces now inextricably linked to the Tiffany name.
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 | Gustav Stickley by David Cathers
Buy new: $47.21 / Used from: $21.64 The definitive biography of Gustav Stickley, one of the leading figures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. This beautifully illustrated volume is the product of decades of research by a dedicated scholar.
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 | George Ohr, Art Potter: The Apostle of Individuality by Robert A. Ellison
Buy new: $43.87 / Used from: $36.07 This lavishly-illustrated volume on George Ohr contains insightful commentary by collector Robert Ellison and scholar-collector Martin Eidelberg. A must-have book for Ohr collectors and anyone interested in American Art Pottery.
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 | Art and Reform: Sara Galner, the Saturday Evening Girls, and the Paul Revere Pottery by Nonie Gadsden
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $14.97 This beautiful book offers new research on the work of Sarah Galner, who is clearly shown to be the most gifted contributor to the Saturday Evening Girls and Paul Revere Pottery in Boston.
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 | From Our Native Clay Art: Art Pottery from the Collections of the American Ceramic Arts Society by Martin Eidelberg
Buy used from: $7.00 Still the definitive overview of the American Art Pottery movement. Copious illustrations are accompanied by insightful commentary from the collectors who led scholarship in this field.
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 | Design Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread by Barbara Bloemink
Buy used from: $55.00 The authoritative book on domestic furniture, lighting and design objects of Minimalist and Post-Minimalist artists from the 1960s to the present. Features work by Donald Judd, Richard Tuttle, Scott Burton, and many others. Includes an important essay (given the Robert C. Smith Award) on the influence of the American Arts and Crafts Movement on minimalist design.
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