1895 "Grand Livre" Ledger Book

Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings. Looks perfect on your shelf. Add some classic old English leather ...

"Livre d'or" Visitors Book - 1970s Only the first two pages are noted Vintage - decoration - Book Measures : 17.5cmx2cm H:22cm Materials : Malachite - brass - copper Wear consistent...

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...

A spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier, one of the 20th century's most influential architects A decade after its first publication, the bestselling monog...

This beautiful grand piano was built by Erard in Paris in 1895. With irreplaceable original cabinet art created and signed by an artist named Finel - specifically commissioned by th...

An extremely rare find of the "Atlas Manuel D'Anatomie" by Eduard Cuyer first edition is an antique textbook published in the 1890s with 27 hand coloured plates. Overall very good ...

This book is the third in the comprehensive multi-volume series on the decorative arts of the Paris Salons 1895-1914, it provides a virtually com...

An antique Grand Tour faux book of plaster intaglios by Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). This intriguing book encloses thirty-eight classically themed Italian medallions...

This is a very scarce and beautiful catalogue of an exhibition which took place in October and November 1994 at Galerie de Vos. The UAM (The French Union of Modern Artists) was a movement made up of French Decorative Artists which flourished in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The members were some of the great names of the 20th century's designers and decorators and included - Rose Adler, Pierre Chareau, Eileen Gray, Rene Herbst, Francis Jourdain, Le Corbusier & Jenneret, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Gustave...

This wonderful dactyl library in the shape of a book contains 36 plaster casts with the corresponding handwritten legends on the insides of both book covers.