Surveys the careers of the influential French designers of furniture in the art deco style during the 1920s and 1930s

Art Deco Furniture

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Duncan, Alastair

Antiques & Collectibles

Henry Holt Co.

Illustrated survey with expert on Tiffany glass as its guide. Topics include traditional and stained glass items; Tiffany revival; varieties of glass and tools; soldering; cutting glass; design; window ornaments; lead cane lampshades; copper foil techniques. For crafters at every level of experience. 252 black-and-white illustrations. 8 full-color illustrations. Bibliography. Index.

The Technique of Leaded Glass (Dover Stained Glass Instruction)

Crafts & Hobbies

Dover Publications

This volume traces the history of the art deco movement and examines its influence on design. Examples are given of art deco furniture, textiles, ironwork, lighting, silver, glass, ceramics, sculpture, graphics, posters, books, jewellery, and architecture. Illustrated throughout

Art Deco (World of Art)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

Alastair Duncan, a recognized expert on the period, tells the story of the meteoric rise and fall of Art Nouveau, which began as a general reaction by young artists and designers to the stifling traditionalism and revivalism of the mid-nineteenth-century fine and decorative arts. The "new art" first made itself felt around 1895, in architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics and the other applied arts, and fell into eclipse after World War One, until its rediscovery in the 1960s. The author recounts the history of this important modern movement in detail, introducing the main personalities - Galle, Lalique, Tiffany and others - and relating their aims and accomplishments to the background from which the movement emerged.

Art Nouveau (World of Art)

Here is the history of lighting from the turn-of-the-Century to the 1930s and an invaluable guide to the craftsmen and artists of this functional art movement. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Includes a glossary of lighting terminology, manufacturing techniques. a list of designers with their biographies and a general bibliography..

Art Noveau and Art Deco Lighting

Thames and Hudson Ltd.

Tiffany Windows

Tiffany Windows - The indispensable book on Louis C. Tiffany's masterworks

"Lavishly illustrated … an invaluable book."―Antique Collector The Art Deco movement, which swept through Europe and the United States in the early twentieth century, signaled the beginning of the modern age of design. This dazzling and distinctive style, with its emphasis on up-to-date individuality combined with good taste, fine materials, and exquisite workmanship, soon created new standards in furniture design, architecture, and the decorative arts. In furniture especially, the French predominated, from the virtuoso cabinet-making of Ruhlman to the brilliant originality of Gray and Legrain. In Art Deco Furniture, Alastair Duncan introduces us to the work of eighty-five French architects, interior designers, and furniture makers. These pioneering designers replaced the heavy, stylized work of the past with furniture that was simpler in concept, geometric in form, and highlighted by dramatic lines and elegant curves. The color and monochrome photographs―almost all of them specially commissioned for this book―form a valuable portfolio of Art Deco furniture. This detailed study serves as both an essential reference book for collectors and a marvelous chronicle of one of the most exciting design movements in the history of the decorative arts. 312 illustrations, 68 in color

Art deco furniture: The French designers

Thames and Hudson

First English edition. The first major study of this fascinating period in French bookbinding. After giving a general overview this study examines the work of over forty of the finest binders of the period. A brief description of each binder is given along with full color illustrations of their work. Detailed biographies and bibliographies are located at the end of the book. A nicely produced book which will provide inspiration to anyone who executes or appreciates fine, hand bookbinding. 200 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..

Art Noveau and Art Deco Bookbinding: The French Masterpieces 1880-1940

De Bartha, Georges

Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany

MASTERWORKS OF LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY (HARDBACK) /ANGLAIS

Straddling two World Wars and the Great Depression, ushering in the Jazz Age and the era of the automobile and skyscraper, fomenting in the great cities of Europe and America and shaping everything from the Golden Gate Bridge to the humble desk lamp, the story of Art Deco is the story of our modern world. In this book, the most comprehensive account of the decorative arts of the Art Deco period ever assembled, Alastair Duncan celebrates the styles rich variety of form and its diverse international roots as the very factors that make it a perennial favourite of modern collectors and designers. Sumptuously illustrated and written by one of the worlds leading experts, "Art Deco Complete" will be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.

Art Deco Complete: Definitive Guide to Arts of the 1920s and1930s

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