Decorative Arts & Architecture of the 1920's
Papini, Roberto
£35.00
Decorative Arts and Architecture of the 1920s: Le Arti d'Oggi. By Roberto Papini.
Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 2005. Approx size: 34.5cm H x 26cm W (13 ½” H x 10"W). Hardback with dust jacket. Decorative Arts & Architecture. 480pp with 796 duotone and 12 colour illustrations.
"Le Arti d'Oggi was orignially published in Italy in 1930. This near-facsimile edition of that rare and much sought-after book follows the format of the orignial exactly, presenting in over eight hundred original photographs a dazzling selection of architecture, interiors, furniture and decorative arts produced in Europe throughout the 1920s.
The book is divided into six sections, as follows:
• Part One deals with the architecture of the period, and includes work by, among others, Walter Gropius, Eliel Saarinen, Peter Behrens, Josef Hoffmann and Gio Ponti...
• Part Two explores the era's interiors and furniture, including homes and public buildings designed by such famous architects as Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann.....
• Part Three, Metal, features a vast array of exquisite objects, from tea sets designed by Josef Hoffman and beautiful Cartier jewels to Edgar Brandt's wrought iron pieces.....
• Part Four, Ceramics, includes a rich collection of Danish and Hungarian porcelain, such masterworks as the vases and tableware designed by Gio Ponti for Richard-Ginori....
• Part Five features glasswork by such designers as Vittorio Zecchin and Guido Balsamo Stella..
• Part Six focuses on lace, embroidery, printed fabrics and leather, including lace centrepieces, Lenci dolls, shawls by Depero, wonderful Guido Ravasi-designed silks and wallpapers by Wiener Werkstätte.
This astonishing treasury will be highly prized by bibliophiles, collectors and connoisseurs in a broad range of artistic disciplines.
Book condition: Brand new.