Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11

Andre Arbus: Architecte-Decorateur Des Annees 40 by Yvonne Brunhammer (Book)

$450
£339.96
€389.86
CA$627.89
A$683.34
CHF 362.24
MX$8,221.06
NOK 4,594.31
SEK 4,203.48
DKK 2,912.54

About the Item

A hard back book written by one of the great experts on 20th century decorative arts. Arbus was a decorator, furniture designer, architect and sculptor, he was interested in good design and favoured the use of exotic and luxurious materials, such as rare wood veneers and lacquer, in his furniture designs. He made his name through the 1930s and 1940s and was a contemporary of many the great designers of the Art Deco era. Throughout his career he won numerous awards and worked on many significant commissions for the French Government, in particular a jewel cabinet which was a gift to the Queen Elizabeth of England in 1950 when she was still Princess Elizabeth. 399 pages illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Text is in French.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.25 in (31.12 cm)Width: 9.33 in (23.7 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1996
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    North Yorkshire, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU899617753922

More From This Seller

View All
Collection Connaissance des Arts Decoration by Claude Fregnac (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A scarce vintage book featuring the creations of the 20th century's top interior designers. When first published Decoration was already an impressive book, with its excellent colour photography, top-quality interiors and stellar cast of designers. It is now a decorating classic and is much sort after. The book's aim is to illustrate how to mix both traditional and contemporary elements in an interior. It does this through text and illustrations of an international selection of homes, owned and decorated by the likes of Francois Catroux, Valentino, David Mlinaric, David Hicks, Alberto Pinto, Charles...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Jules et Andre Leleu by Viviane Jutheau (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Hard back book with dustjacket in very good condition. 191 pages lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black & white photographs which show the interior designs and furniture by Jules et Andre Leleu...
Category

20th Century French Books

Materials

Paper

French Decorative Art 1900-1942 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The Société des artistes decorateurs, founded in 1901, was the first professional association of artists, artisans, designers and architects to emerge in France after the abolition o...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Baron de Rothschild Baron de Rede: Meubles Objets D Art (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
These are two sales catalogues, the first dating from 1975 and being from Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco relating to "Meubles et Objet D'Art" provenant de L'Hotel Lambert et du Chateau de Ferrieres, with 309 lots, many of which are illustrated in black & white with descriptions in French and English. The second is a Sotheby's Monaco catalogue from 1994 relating solely to Ferrieres and Baron Guy de Rothschild with 152 lots - many of which are illustrated in colour. Both Baron Guy de Rothschild and Baron Alexis de Rede...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Le Corbusier: Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965 by Arthur Ruegg (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Le Corbusier, one of the world's most important and influential architects and accomplished visual artist, also created a vast oeuvre of interior and furniture designs. The chaise-lo...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Arts Decoratifs Du Xxeme Siecle Design (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
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...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

You May Also Like

Ephemeral Decorations in Paris French Book by André Granet Original 1948 Edition
By General Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
Décors éphémères: Les Expositions Jeux d'Eau et de Lumière (Ephemeral decorations: water and light games exhibitions), French book by André Granet, original edition 1948, Preface by ...
Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Books

Materials

Paper

Antique 20th Century Book by Paul Bourget "André Cornélis" - Paris - 2Y237
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Condition: Fair Comments: The book is in good condition. Please see the photos for more details. Author: Paul Bourget Title: "André Cornélis" Publisher: Arthème Fayard, Paris Modern-...
Category

20th Century French Empire Antiquities

Materials

Paper

Intèrieurs Bruxellois Modernisme Art Dèco
Located in Montelabbate, PU
During the interwar period, housing in Brussels experienced considerable expansion. Two major currents coexisted at this time: one resolutely modernist and avant-garde, in the moveme...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Books

Materials

Paper

Jules et André Leleu by Viviane Jutheau
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
High-quality French design and decoration book about the legendary Maison Leleu and designers Jules and André Leleu. The work shows the development of their style from the beginnings...
Category

Mid-20th Century Swiss Modern Books

Materials

Linen, Paper

Ruhlmann, Art Deco Genius, French Book, 2002 Exhibition in Museum des Années 30
By Rhulmann
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ruhlmann, Genie de l'Art Deco (Ruhlmann Art Deco Genius), a special edition of the French magazine L'estampille, L'Objet d'Art published during the exhibition at the Musée des Années...
Category

Early 2000s French Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Andre Lurcat: Projets Et Réalisations
By André Lurcat
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on the work of Andre Lurcat, important French modernist architect, designer, urban planner, and younger brother of the textile artist Jean. ...
Category

Vintage 1920s French International Style Books

Materials

Paper