From their website: Ars Libri maintains the largest stock in America of rare and out-of-print books on art. Founded in 1976, it has an international reputation as a source for scholars, collectors, artists, and everyone else with an interest in the visual arts. Ars Libri covers all periods and all fields of art history, from antiquity to the present, including architecture, archaeology, photography, and the decorative arts. In addition to reference books, we specialize in rare illustrated books of art-historical interest, from sixteenth-century architectural treatises and baroque festivities books, through classic livres d'artiste of Manet, Picasso and Matisse, and all aspects of the modern avant-garde, from dada and surrealism, futurism, and constructivism, to pop, fluxus, conceptualism, and contemporary artists books. As well as books, Ars Libri offers exhibition catalogues and art periodicals of all kinds, in all languages. We publish catalogues of our stock regularly, and are glad to send them on request, free of charge. We are also happy to receive want lists, and will notify our clients of newly arrived material which may be of interest to them. Our store in Boston is open without appointment, six days a week, and features changing displays of rare books, manuscripts, master drawings, modern prints, and other works of art.

The SOWA Open Market, an open-air venue for artists, craftsmen, collectioners, farmstands and other vendors makes its seasonal debut each year in May. It opens in tandem with the SoWa Art Walk. Check out HERE for the lowdown. The large parking lot at 500 Harrison hosts the event each Sunday (in non-frigid months). Click HERE for the SOWA blog called Market Blogger.

D SCALE was awarded 2008 Best of the New by the Boston Globe. Inspired by the Moderne Movement D SCALE is a Boston contemporary furniture store specializing in custom capable modern furniture. It offers the D SCALE Collection which is designed by award winning interior designer Dennis Duffy who was recently named a Player in Stuff@Night's Player issue. Be sure to look at their web site www.dscalemodern.com for the Geena Chair, the Bette Sofa, and the Vimla Chaise - this is modern at its best. It also features vintage furnishings and accessories such as a Jean-Michel Frank Parchment Desk and numerous other vintage pieces such as a chrome tubular arm chair in black leather. When visiting, it's best to ask lots of questions because the options are numerous. It is open to retail and the trade. Room planning services are also available. Prices are a little lower than several of the top tier luxury furnishings stores. Visit D SCALE's blog for furniture sales and news items of interest. In the September 2008 issue of Architectural Digest the vintage Poltrona chairs were featured, available only at D SCALE. Jeff Stein, Head, School of Architecture, and Dean of the Boston Architectural College and Architectural Critic for Banker & Tradesman recently visited D SCALE. "Nowadays, we may think a sofa is only a sofa. But in the hands of the right designer, a sofa can become an object that speaks of wholeness, of the feminine, of infinity - and it can be made-to measure. This is the work of Dennis Duffy at his showroom south of Boston's Washington Street, DSCALE. ... His work incorporates what might be called the "softer side" of Modernism." D SCALE was a featured exhibitor in the AD 20/21 Show, Art & Design of 20th and 21st Centuries, held in Boston.

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Parlor is a South End boutique for women whose tastes run on the funky side. With dresses and coats to accessories and shoes, this could be the one stop shop for you ladies.

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