DECORATIVE ART IN MODERN INTERIORS 1961 - 1962
Volume 51
Ella Moody [art editor]
Ella Moody [art editor]: DECORATIVE ART IN MODERN INTERIORS 1961 - 1962, Vol. 51 [A Studio Book]. New York City: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Introduction in English, French and German. Quarto. A very good hard cover book with some edge wear in a shelfworn dust jacket with somewhat rough fore edges including a tear along the the front cover's top fore edge. Overall, a good copy from a series actively pursued by multiple constituencies. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. 8.75 x 11.25 hard cover book with 144 pages and 450 illustrations, 16 in color of Houses, Apartments, Furniture, Carpets and Textiles, Tableware and Silver, Light Fittings, Ceramics and Metals and Glass. Includes an introductory chat with Shirley Conran. Printed in England, the craftsmanship and reproductions in this book are stunning. The book including 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.
Artists, architects, designers, and manufacturers include Erik Hoglund, Boda Bruks, Huggins & Ney and Partners, Charles Eames, Gio Ponti [design for his own apartment; 2-page spread], Ross Thorne, Knoll Planning Unit, Jacques Dumond, Eero Saarinen, Osvaldo Borsani, Vladimir Kagan, Jean Royere, Picart le Doux, T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Ercol Furniture Ltd., Holm Sorensen & Co., Carl-Axel Acking, Conran Design Group, Finn Juhl, Robin Day, Ernest Race Ltd., Graham Probst, Boris Kroll Fabrics, Alexander Girard, Susie Cooper, Royal Copenhagen Manufactory, Stig Lindberg, Arne Jacobsen, Henning Koppel, Lightolier, Fontana Arte, Orrefors, Isamu Noguchi, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Lucie Rie, Gustavbergs Fabriker, Rye Pottery, Paolo DePoli, Ermanno Toso, Rene Lalique and Masakichi Awashima among many others.
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