Author: C Geoffrey Holme; Shirley B Wainwright
Title: The Studio" Year-Book of Decorative Art
Description: London, The Studio Limited , 1925. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the 1925 hardback edition of this yearbook of decorative art, illustrated throughout and in the unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. An excellent copy of the 1925 large hardback edition [10/6], published at the same time as a softcover priced 7/6. With the extremely scarce and unclipped dustwrapper. Founded by C G Holme in 1893, this influential magazine looks at interior design in relation to decorative art, as well as promoting the new art of artists, designers, and architects.A yearbook of decorative art, comprising about one hundred and eighty leaves of illustrations, including eight coloured plates. Collated, complete. Recording the progress in mid 1920s of the cooperation between artists and craftsmen, looking at architecture, fireplaces, furniture, pottery, glassware and metalwork, miscellaneous, gardens, and garden furniture in American, British, Japanese, or Continental styles. An excellent example of this remarkable reference work. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear and a slight fading to the cloth to the spine, and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The dustwrapper is sound with shelf wear and chipping and a minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. The spine of the wrapper is also slightly sunned, and the rear wrap has been tape repaired externally. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with four hundred and fifty illustrations and eight coloured plates. Collated, complete. Near Fine . Ill.: Unnamed. Near Fine/Good.

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