Gaston Suisse (1896-1988), Splendeur du Laque Art Dèco

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

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...

It has long been time for a specialist work on Arts and Crafts furniture. Written by a recognised authority on the subject, this book examine...

The most comprehensive resource on mid to late 20th-century Italian design. Covering 50 years of furniture designs, this two-volume boxed set is organised by year and broken into sec...

The Moderns by Gaston Diehl, a treasury of painting throughout the world. Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition published in 1978 by Crown Publishers, Inc. of New York. Print...

Pictures necklaces, pendants, bracelets, earrings, combs, and other jewelry made by various cultures around the world Thank you Binding: Hardcover Original Release DateDecember 12, ...

A nice DuPont Butane lighter with a laque de chine and gold plate finish. In good condition with the original box and manual and blank guarantee card. The lighter works. I’ve had a n...

A handsomely bound set of the novels of George Eliot, as well as a short story collection, with many illustrations. A seven-volume set, one containing two volumes bound in one, in h...