HOLME, CHARLES:

Peasant Art in Austria and Hungary. London, etc, "the Studio", 1911.

. Pp. (x), 54. With more than 800 illustrations, of which some coloured. Contemporary half calf, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, lightly rubbed, beautiful marbled end papers, bookplate. First edition of this comprehensive work. It's illustrated with pictures of houses, furnitures, pottery, metal work, embroidery, lace, jewellery, dresses etc from the different regions within the countries. For example from Tyrol, Salzburg, Bohemia, Styria, Silesia, Moravia, Galicia, Dalmatia and Bosnia in Austria and Transylvania, Croatia and Slavonia in Hungary.

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Book number: 100669

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, hungary, hungarian, austria, austrian, österrrike, ungern, europe, peasant, art, textiles,

ïNO, UNGAI (NOBUTARÍ]:

Jinshu monyô, senjümin no bu. (Tribal patterns of indigenous people) . Ky›to, Unsôdô, Tisho 5 (1915).

. Oblong 8vo. (10 x 18.7 cm). Lvs 44, leporello-folded. Contains fifty-nine coloured woodblock-printed patterns, one preliminary leaf and colophon printed on rear paste-down. A collection of traditional Ainu patterns with printed Japanese captions. Original binding, worn, title on upper cover. Some minor staining and a few leaves with some creasing. Rare first edition published as the second issue of the author's anthropological series of works. The first was published in 1907 devoted to Japanese ancient designs, this issue deals exclusively with Ainu design. Ungai (Nobutar›) Íno (1863-1938) was an artist and anthropologist who worked at the Tokyo Imperial University. He was the leading proponent of the Ainu theory.

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Book number: 121417

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, ainu, aino, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, design, patterns,

JOUMARD, G.P. (Ed.).:

Les Idées Nouvelles De La Mode et Des Arts. Direction Artistique. No. 3.1924.

. 4to. Pp. (iv). With two text illustrations and sixteen full page hand-coloured pochoir plates (with mutiple images) on Chinese paper tipped-in on thick paper. As issued loose in original wrappers with pochoir illustration on upper cover, silk ties. Some wear at outer edge but overall a very good copy with stunning and beautiful fashion plates. The exclusive Art Déco journal "Les Idées Nouvelles de la Mode" was published by Joumard between 1922 and 1932 illustrating the height of French fashion at the time. Rare to find a complete annual series.

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Book number: 120284

Catalogue: Fashion

Keywords: Fashion, fashion, art deco, design, clothes, mode, france, french, XPU

KANDINSKY, WASSILY:

Kandinsky. Om konstnären (About the Artist). Stockholm, Gummesons Konsthandel, 1916.

. 12mo. Pp. 29. Original wrappers with an original colour lithograph on the front cover created by Kandinsky for the exhibition at the Gummeson Gallery in Stockholm in February 1916. This essay by Kandinsky was published in connection with the exhibition and he dedicated it to Gabriele Münter who had a separate exhibition at Gummesons in March the same year.

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Book number: 120256

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, design, art, artist, exhibition, essay, sweden, exhibition, russian,

KANÍ, SHUHÍ:

Chiyo irogami (Old paper designs). Kyoto, Unsodo, Showa 11 (1936).

. Folio. Pp. 32. Accordion bound album with 48 chiyogami designs, woodblock printed in lovely colours. Size: 35.6 x 24.7 cm. Original decorated silk covered boards, somewhat rubbed, title label lost. Old collection label pasted to front cover. With some staining and marks but not affecting the illustrations. A charming collection of old designs for origami papers published by the famous printing company Uns›d› in Kyoto. Scarce.

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Book number: 121148

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, paper, design, origami, art, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

KAWARASAKI KïDï:

Shiko Moyô Hyakudai (Hundred designs of the four seasons). . Four volumes. Kyoto, Uchida Bijutsu, Shôwa 13-4 (1938-9).

. Folio (33 x 23 cm). Lvs. 53 folded in the Japanese fashion. Complete in four volumes comprising 192 beautiful woodcut illustrations. First volume binding has separated into two parts. Original decorated paper covered boards, printed in different colours, somewhat rubbed, rear cover to last volume replaced. Printed paper title labels to front covers.Rare, interesting album with so many different designs, all executed in brilliant colours, several highlighted with metallic pigments. The great diversity of motifs varies from everyday subjects to more fancy themes, several with humorous elements. Fine impression, in lovely condition. The artist Kawarasak Kôdô was a a renowned Kyoto-based designer and illustrator at this time. Published by the very well-known and superior printing house Uchida in Kyoto, today still in operation. We have not found any library copy but a similar work titled: Shuko mon'yô volumes one and four (1939 & 1941) is listed at the National Diet Library.

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Book number: 120978

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, design, illustrated, woodcut, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

KOSUGI, SUGIMURA & YOKOI, TOKIFUYU:

Dai Nihon Bijutsu Zufu (Illustrations of Japanese Decorative Arts). Eight volumes. Tokyo, Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 34 (1901).

. Four plate volumes: Large 8vo (18,5 x 25 cm). With 64 double-page colour woodcut illustrations. As issued with leaves folded in the oriental fashion in original decorative wrappers with title labels on upper covers. Covers lightly stained. Housed in a modern cloth folder. AND: Four text volumes: Lvs (18); (20), (10), (29) + illustrations. As issued in original decorated paper wrappers with title labels, somewhat stained. A complete set of a collection of traditional motifs and patterns of decorative art found on furniture, instruments, fans, ceramics, armour, kimonos etc. Content:I. Treasures from the Soshoin, Nara prefecture. Includes patterns on textiles, instruments etc.II. Treasures from famous temples. III. Designs of various decorative objects such as paper for calligraphy, fans, goods of Buddhism, utensils, etc.IV. Designs of decorative pieces such as armour, teacups, sliding doors, kimonos, etc.A very attractive set with images in fine impression and colours, unusual to find complete.

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Book number: 100645

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, art, design, motifs, travel, exploration, illustration, textile, textil

[LES BALLETS SUéDOIS]. LAGUT, IRéNE:

Les Ballets Suèdois (maquettes de décors, costumes, interprétations) Collection Rolf de Maré. Paris, Galerie d'Art du Bucheron, 1931.

. Size: 16 x 28 cm. Pp. (6). As issued, central fold. Front cover has an illustration of the Eiffel Tower by Irène Lagut. Rare exhibition catalogue of de Maré's collection dedicated to the "Ballets suédois" at the Galerie d'Art du Bûcheron May 8-31 1931. 

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Book number: 121270

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, ballet, ballets, costumes, design, dance, theatre, france, french

LARSDOTTER, JOHANNA:

[FELICITATION WEDDING]. [Hand written and hand painted congratulations letter to the bride and groom]. Glasbo, 1841.

. Size: 42 x 34 cm. A very charming and attractive Swedish congratulations letter written in a neat hand, decorated with lovely hand painted flowers in various colours and with a pair of turtle-doves at the top. Signed "Johanna Larsdotter i Glasbo år 1841". With some minor tears.

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Book number: 120613

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, manuscript, congratulation, letter, decorated, swedish, sweden, svenskt, sverige,

LELONG, RENÉ / MARTIN, CHARLES / VINCENT, RENÉ (ILLS):

HIGH LIFE TAYLOR [FASHION CATALOGUE] / L'habit c'est l'homme. Paris, Draeger, 1913.

. 4to. Text in French. A richly illustrated publicity catalogue by the prominent fashion store High Life Taylor in Paris. Pp. (8) of which six with forty refined vignettes in red by Charles Martin and eight illustrated plates (seven coloured). Original decorated covers printed in red and black, some staining to the covers. Small loss to lower right corner of front cover. Stapled. Inside covers illustrated and with four textile samples. The text consists of quotes from famous writers about the importance of clothing. A charming Art Déco catalogue for women's and men's fashion produced by the celebrated Parisian designer printer Draeger.

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Book number: 121295

Catalogue: Art Deco

Keywords: Art Deco, fashion, art deco, design, clothing, france, french, illustrated, commerce, men fashion, women fashion

LINDMAN, MAJ (Illustrator):

[SWEDISH ABC PLATES] / [Thirty-two school plates with illustrations for each letter A - Ö]. Stockholm, Norstedt's, Esselte, (1946).

. A charming collection of lithographed colour illustrations, each representing a character of the Swedish alphabet. A few more plates (four?) were issued devoted to phonemes, not present here. Size 32 x 45 cm. The pictures are printed in vivid colours on thin paper and pasted on cardboard (as issued). Two tapped holes at upper margin with intention to hang the poster. Remains of old tape at the back covers. A few plates with some minor marks or wear but overall the collection is in great condition. The illustrations are made by Maj Lindman (1886-1972), a Swedish artist and prolific illustrator of children's books. Several of her books have been translated into English.

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Book number: 121154

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, school, illustrated, sweden, swedish,

LIPPICH, ELEK KORONGHI:

Koronghi Lippich, Elek Költeményei. 1880-1902. Kriesch Aladâr és Nagy Sândor Rajzaival. [Budapest], Pallas, 1903.

. Small 4to. Size: 17.5 x 21 cm. Pp. 307, (1). With numerous illustrations and text printed within decorated borders in various colours. Publisher's pictorial burgundy cloth, upper cover and spine printed in gilt, lightly rubbed. Floral endpapers. Old ownership stamp. First edition of this early and scarce Hungarian Art Nouveau illustrated book of poems. Koronghi Lippich (1862-1924) was an early propagator of Art Nouveau as well as the Arts and Crafts movement in Hungary as the head of the Fine Arts Department at the Ministry of Education and Religion. The two illustrators of this work, Sândor Nagy and Aladâr (Körösf›i-) Kriesch, were the founders of the art colony at Gödöll›, the cradle of Hungarian Art Nouveau. Together with Lippich they shared the interest in the Transylvanian art, and used it to form the unique Hungarian style in modern art, of which this is a beautiful example.

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Book number: 120373

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, hungary, ungern, hungarian, art nouveau, art, illustrations, poem, literature,

MAIER, HERMANN:

Vorbilder zur Schildermalerei. Muster: Blätter, Moderner, Firmenschilder, Etiquetten und Kartuschen [Title on cover]. Ravensburg, Otto Maier, (1907).

. Oblong 4to. Size: 22 x 30 cm. With 24 plates, loose as issued in original clothbacked paper portfolio with green ornamental design and red and black lettering. Minor loss of paper of inner joint. A rare and attractive collection of designs for commercial signboards etc. The illustrations comprise six plates with ca 35 colour renderings of signboards, eight plates with ca 50 black or monocolour examples of company signs, five plates with ca 40 designs of various sign shapes, and five plates with lettering styles printed in reddish brown or black. Ravensburg is a well-known German game and toy company which was established in 1883. The Ravensburger triangle trademark is printed below the illustrations on each leaf.

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Book number: 120268

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, german, germany, design, signboards, art nouveau, jugend, company signs, decor, decoration, lettering styles, styles,

MALMÉN, PER:

Mönster för marmormålning (Patterns of faux marbling painting). Part one (all publ.). Stockholm, Gustaf Chelius, 1895.

. Large folio. (39 x 54 cm). Pp. (4). With ten lithographed plates of different kinds of marbles. Text leaves with some marginal tears, some plates with a few spots in margins and some plates with tears at the outer margins but overall a very good copy. Original half cloth on grey boards, cotton ties, lightly rubbed. First and only edition of this scarce book, the first of its kind in Sweden. Per Malmén studied in Paris in the 1870s and became a distinguished art marbling painter. It is rumoured that he executed several marbling works at the Louvre, but this has not been proven, mainly because the artists did not sign their works at the time. This impressive manual was used at the Technical School in Stockholm where Malmén taught for many years. The plates depict several kinds of marbles titled: Vert de Mer, Jaune de Sienne, Chateau-Landon Rance, St. Anne, Marbre de Kolmården Granit, Portor, Bleu Fleurl Rance and Breche Violette. The text instructs how to create various types of marbling patterns. Ref.: Fredrik Thörnqvist: "Marmoristen & Målarmästaren Per Malmén" 2011.

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Book number: 120255

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, marbeling, marbling, marbler, marbleizing, marble, painting, decor, design, patterns, techniques, imitation, swedish, sweden, svensk

MARTIN, CHARLES & DEMAY, MARCELLE:

La Mode en mil neuf cent douze chez Marcelle Demay, 11 rue Royale. Paris, Draeger Frères, 1912.

. 4to. Lvs. (14) including two blanks. Text printed in yellow and black. With photographic frontispiece-portrait of French comedian Berthie Cerny, four pochoir colour illustrations of hats by Charles Martin, four tipped-in colour photographs of Cerny modelling the same hats (by Talbot). Foreword by Alfred Capus. As issued in original ivory card wrappers with yellow silk cord, with pochoir illustration on upper cover by Martin, some minor stain to back cover. Protected by original papier calque (with some stains).Sophisticated publicity album of hats produced by the celebrated Parisian printer Draeger. Charles Martin (1884-1934) was one of the most distinctive Art Déco illustrators in Paris at this time. Berthie Cerny was a French actress at the Comédie Française. One leaf at inner fold with some minor stains due to the silk cord, otherwise in lovely condition. Considered to be the most beautiful catalogue ever published by a milliner. Forney Exhibition Catalog, "Pages d'or de l'édition publicitaire", 1988, no 3.

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Book number: 121231

Catalogue: Fashion

Keywords: Fashion, fashion, hats, french, france, design, mode, miliner,