Art Deco Furniture
Art Deco Furniture

Author: Alastair Duncan

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780500234129

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The Art Deco movement - with its emphasis on up-to-date individuality combined with good taste, fine materials and exquisite workmanship - became all the rage in France. Other countries produced their own versions of the style, but in furniture especially, the French predominated: the world had not seen such creative design for 125 years; on the one hand, the virtuoso cabinet-making of Ruhlmann, on the other, the brilliant originality of Gray and Legrain. Alastair Duncan introduces us to the work of over eighty architects, furniture makers and interior designers. The colour and monochrome photographs - almost all of them specially commissioned for this book - form a valuable portfolio of Art Deco furniture which should be of special value to those seeking comprehensive information about a design movement which has proved of lasting appeal both to collectors and to the general public.

Art Deco Complete
Art Deco Complete

Author: Alastair Duncan

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13:

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work on the subject for many years to come." "With over 1,000 illustrations in colour and black-and-white." --Book Jacket.

Art Deco Bookbindings
Art Deco Bookbindings

Author: Yves Peyra(c)

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2004-03

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781568984629

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"Pierre Legrain and Rose Adler transformed bookbinding into a medium of playful and dazzling experimentation and craftsmanship. Their colorful, imaginative works, often made in exotic materials, are found only in a few prized collections and have rarely been available to the general public. Now, this selection of more than sixty designs, colored-paper maquettes, and realized bindings are collected in one exquisite volume, with insightful texts introducing the work and discussing its revolutionary effect on modern design. Among the brilliant array of bindings are ones made especially for works by Colette, Paul Verlaine, Andre Gide, Guillaume Apollinaire, Stephane Mallarme, Michel Leiris, and Jean Giraudoux."--from the publisher.

Art Deco Source Book
Art Deco Source Book

Author: Patricia Bayer

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781840138191

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The 'Art Deco Source Book' explains the various strands of the Art Deco style, with reference to the favourite themes and materials.

Monograms and Ciphers
Monograms and Ciphers

Author: Albert Angus Turbayne

Publisher: anboco

Published: 2016-08-16

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 3736406673

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In laying out this book I have put into it the experience of many years of actual work in the designing of Monograms, Ciphers, Trade-Marks, and other letter devices. I have given the work much careful thought in order to present the most useful material, to give that material on a good workable scale, and in such a way that any design can be quickly found. By the arrangement of the designs the plates form their own index. ..A. A. TURBAYNE.

ABC of Bookbinding
ABC of Bookbinding

Author: Jane Greenfield

Publisher: Newcastle, Del : Oak Knoll Press ; Nottingham, UK : Plough Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 9780902813175

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The author has provided a unique glossary of terms, styles, structures, and names related to conservation and bookbinding through the ages illustrated with over 700 line drawings. She has provided names and drawings for almost every conceivable part of the book as well as a multitude of styles, bindings, and decorations. She literally takes apart the structure of the book and illustrates the many as well as varied facets and definitions that clearly outline the historical development of the book's structures and styles.