Phaidon encyclopedia of decorative arts, 1890-1940 / edited by Philippe Garner
1978, 1st edition. Oxford : Phaidon. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #391325
ISBN: 0714818895
Physical description; 320 pp.: illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 31 cm. Contents; Part I. Styles and influences in the decorative arts, 1890-1940 -- Art nouveau / R.-H. Guerrand -- Art deco / Martin Battersby -- Modernism / Gillian Naylor -- Surrealism and neo-baroque / Martin Battersby -- Revivalism / Malcolm Haslam -- Industrial design / Stuart Durant -- Part II. Designs and designers 1890-1940 -- France -- United Kingdom -- United States / Isabelle Anscombe -- Germany and Austria / Ian Bennett -- Belgium / Philippe Garner -- The Netherlands / Gillian Naylor -- Scandinavia / Ada Polak -- Italy and Spain / Ian Bennett -- Eastern Europe / Ian Bennett -- Part III. The background to the decorative arts 1890-1940 -- The great exhibitions / Lynne Thornton -- Photography and the cinema / Philippe Garner -- Painting and the decorative arts / Marina Henderson -- Literature and the decorative arts / Isabelle Anscombe -- Major craftsmen and designers 1890-1940 -- Bibliography -- Glossary. Subjects; Decoration and ornament Art nouveau. Art deco. Motion pictures.
Price: €25.00