


Sèvres Jean Mayodon Goldscheider Rosenthal Meissen Boch Frères European Ceramics Clarice Cliff Susie Cooper Hot Collecting Field: Wall Masks Poole Pottery Royal Doulton Carlton Ware Keith Murray British Ceramics Swedish Furniture Paul Frankl Donald Deskey Eugene Schoen Gilbert Rohde American Furniture Betty Joel Gordon Russell Ltd Harry and Lou Epstein Ray Hille British FurnitureĬeramics 106 110 111 112 116 117 118 120 124 128 130 132 133 134 136 138 René Lalique Marcel Goupy François-Emile Décorchement Daum Schneider French Glass Hot Collecting Field: Perfume Bottles Val Saint-Lambert European Glass Steuben American Glass British Glass While every care has been taken in the compilation of this guide, neither the authors nor the publishers accept any liability for any financial or other loss incurred by reliance placed on the information contained in DK Collector’s Guides: Art Deco.Ī CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited.įrench Textiles Hot Collecting Field: HandbagsĬlutch bag in the style of Delaunay, p.65Įuropean and American Textiles Rugs and Carpets FashionĬolour reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound by SNP Leefung, Chinaįirst published in Great Britain in 2005 by Dorling Kindersley Limited 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL A Penguin Company No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. The Price Guide Company (UK) Ltd Studio 21, Waterside 44–48 Wharf Road, London N1 7UX Ĭopyright © Judith Miller and Dorling Kindersley Limited 2005 All rights reserved. Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann Paul Follot Süe et Mare Jules Leleu Léon and Maurice Jallot De Coene Frères Maurice Dufrène French and Belgian Furniture Hot Collecting Field: Lighting Marcel Breuer Alvar Aalto European Furniture
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK FOREWORD INTRODUCTION Sands Publishing Solutions LLP Editors David & Sylvia Tombesi-Walton Art Editor Simon Murrell THE PRICE GUIDE COMPANY LIMITED Publishing Manager Julie Brooke Managing Editor Claire Smith Editorial Assistants Sandra Lange, Alexandra Barr Digital Image Co-ordinator Ellen Sinclair Consultant Keith Baker Chief Contributor John Wainwright Dawes Photography by Graham Rae with Andy Johnson, John McKenzie, and Heike LöwensteinĬontents LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH, MELBOURNE, DELHI A joint production from DK and THE PRICE GUIDE COMPANY DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED Senior Editor Paula Regan Senior Art Editor Mandy Earey Managing Editor Julie Oughton Managing Art Editor Heather McCarry Art Director Peter Luff Publishing Director Jackie Douglas Production Elizabeth Warman DTP Designer Adam Walker Picture Research Sarah Smithies c.1930 7cm (23⁄4in) wide £150–200 DDĪRT DECO JUDITH M I LLE R with Nicholas M. 52cm (201⁄2in) high £1,200–1,500 HERRĬircular bronze medallion decorated in relief with sunray and star motifs and a scantily clad young woman holding lightning bolts above the earth. The Pterophyllium or angel fish (see photo), is a tropical freshwater fish.Previous page: Green patinated bronze table lamp by Raymonde Guerbe in the form of a near-naked young woman in an Egyptian robe holding an orange, fan-shaped glass shade. Original and rare pair of bookends in Art Deco style the design is essential with bold, marked lines, overall pleasingly elegant and proportionate the fish, made of spelter a schematic representation of two angel fish (Pterophyllum Scalare) the rectangular base with two shaped corners is made of black Marquinia marble the pair was produced by sophisticated spelter casting in an artisanal workshop in Saint-Ouen, a quaint suburb of Paris, France, between 19 master craftsmen then finished the objects by hand to give them a delicate and graceful shape, then subjected them to a delicate and complex treatment with special and secret acids to make them take on elegant bronze hues, then they were placed on a precious base of elegant black Marquinia marble the craftsmen were able to submit metal to their artistic sensibilities, creating two unique and fantastic objects. We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
