“The Studio” Year Book of Decorative Art. 1916.
1916. London, Paris, New York: “The Studio” Ltd., [1916].
8vo, x, 182pp. Original decorated brown cloth-covered boards, with paper label to backstrip; illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings, and paintings (8 in full-color). Damage to paper label, some marks to backstrip, bumping to corners, uniformly browned, two bookplates affixed to rear pastedown, bottom right corners fraying slightly. Good.
§ A look at the decorative artwork of the time, from architecture to furniture, textiles, and painting, from Canada, Great Britain, British East Africa, South Africa, New Zealand, and the US. From the top cover: “A review of the latest developments in the artistic construction decoration and furnishing of the house.” Several floor plans are included, in addition to decorative works. Includes designs by British architects Castle and Warren, Wood, Sarvis and Muir, and Unsworth and Triggs. American architects include D. Knickerbacker Boyd, and W. W. Bosworth. Item #104283
Price: $45.00