DECORATIVE ART 1956 - 1957
The Studio Yearbook of Furnishing and Decoration
Rathbone Holme and Kathleen Frost (editors)
Rathbone Holme and Kathleen Frost (editors): DECORATIVE ART 1956 - 1957 [The Studio Yearbook of Furnishing and Decoration]. London: The Studio, 1956. First edition. Quarto. A very good hardcover book in full, decorated cloth in a good dust jacket: the DJ is lightly chipped and worn along the edges with an archivally-tape repaired spine split on verso. Overall, well-preserved copy from a series that is actively pursued by multiple constituencies. Out-of-print. 9 x 11.5 hardcover book with 148 pages and 500 images (18 in color) of Apartments, Houses, Furniture, Tablewear, Silver, Glass, Lighting fixtures,Ceramics, Prints, Weaves, circa 1957. This book was printed in England and the reproduction is truly stunning. The engraving and plates were dead-on perfect for this edition, and all the photographs are printed on quality glossy paper.
Every object presented in this edition is identified by its designers and manufacturer/distributor. Materials are also noted. The presence of this information makes this an invaluable reference for collectors of modern decorative arts. You have been warned.
Contents
- Housing Everymanıs Family by Eric Bird
- New Houses and Apartments: examples from Vancouver, Pretoria, Hampstead, Kensington Palace Gardens, Mar del Plata, St. Nazaire, Hayes Common and Kent.
- Rooms and Furniture
- Textiles and Rugs
- Ceramics
- Glass
- Tableware and Silver
- Lighting
- Index
Artists, architects, designers, and manufacturers include Carl-Axel Acking, Ar-flex, Arteluce, Cassina, Conran Ceramics, Conran Furniture, Terence Conran, Lucienne Day, Robin Day, Design Research Unit, Nanna and Jorgen Ditzel, Ray and Charles Eames, Ekenas Glasbruk, Figli de Amedeo Cassina, Josef Frank, Paul Frankl, Gian Franco Frattini, Fritz Hansen, Christopher Heal, Healıs of London, Heywood Wakefield, Hille of London, Arne Jacobsen, Finn Juhl, Dora Jung, Knoll Associates, Kosta Glasbruk, Jan Kuypers, Nils Landberg, Axel Larsson, Paul Laszlo, LaVerne, Lightolier, Stig Lindberg, Raymond Loewy, Per Lutken, Herman Miller Furniture Company, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, George Nelson, Nordiska Kompaniet, Gunnar Nylund, Orrefors Glassworks, Sven Palmquist, Tommi Parzinger, Parzinger Originals, Flavio Poli, Gio Ponti, Ernest Race, Red Wing Potteries, T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Jean Royere, Gino Sarfatti, Stilnovo, Steuben Glass, Svenska Mobelfabrikerna, Nils Thorsson, Paavo Tynell, Venini, Tapio Wirkkala,Marco Zanuso and many, many others.
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