Andrè Groult Decorateur-Ensemblier du XXe siècle

This is the third in a multi-volume collection providing a visual catalogue record of the decorative arts of the Paris Salons. Included in this volume are reproductions of the catalogue illustrations of furniture at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the annual Salons du Mobilier, and the celebrated 1903 and 1904 expositions of the Ecole de Nancy in the French capital. This chronological record clearly shows the revolution in furniture design that transpired in France at the turn of the century. The illustrations trace precisely the emergence of the art nouveau style in the 1890s, its high point between the 1900 Exposition Universelle and the 1903 Salons, its demise between 1905-1909, the return to period revivalism and the transitional art nouveau - art deco style of 1910-1912 with the proto - art deco style of the immediate pre-war years (1911-1914). Many examples of non-art nouveau works from the period are also included. Hundreds of these contemporary illustrations...

Eugène Vallin (1856 – 21 July 1922) was a French furniture designer and manufacturer, as well as an architect. Hardcover, 319 pag.

Cult designer for collectors of modern art, Piero Fornasetti was a brilliant and prolific creator: his artistic production, decoration, interior design and design is finally collecte...

Curator: Antonella Commellato; Marta Melotti Pages: 476, Color illustrations: 1015 The catalog raisonné of the ceramics of Fausto Melotti, the absolute protagonist of Italian art, w...

Sotheby's sale catalogue of the sale of 20th century objets and furniture from the collection of Karl Largerfeld dated 15th May 2003. The catalogue will prove to be of great value as...

Les Ébénistes du XVIII Siècle Français (18th-Century French Cabinet Makers.) Paris: Hachette, 1963. First edition hardcover with no dust jacket. French text. 341 pp. A thorough histo...

Meubles et Sièges du XVIII Siècle: Menuisiers, Ébénistes, Margues, Plans et Ornemaentation de Leurs Oeuvres (Furniture and Seating from the 18th century: Carpenters, Cabinet Makers, Marks, Plans and Ornamentation of Their Works.) Paris: Éditions "Le Document", 1934. Limited edition #398 fabric hardcover with no dust jacket. French text. 195 pp. A remarkable French book on 18th c furniture...

We have two Christies sale catalogues dated from 2008 which feature many important pieces by some of the best known and most sought after designers of the 20th century and Art Deco e...