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The period between the two world wars was one of extreme upheavals in politics, economics and society as a whole. It was also a time of intense artistic creativity, culminating in the great Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in 1925, and the subsequent spread of the celebrated Art Deco style. The radical innovations in Art Deco fashion and interior decoration demanded new textile designs, and, as the period progressed, fabrics for clothes, upholstery wallpaper and rugs increasingly reflected the modernism, elegance and vibrancy of the movement. As the French artist Raoul Dufy, himself a brilliant fabric designer, wrote, 'Paintings have spilled from their frames and stained our dress and our walls.' This sumptuous new book invest the reader to discover the spectacular world of French Art Deco fabrics, with examples by designers such as Delaunay, Ruhlmann, Henry, Marrot, Dufresne, Benedictus, and dozens more. Alain-Rene Hardy, a noted French expert in 20th-century decorative arts, has searched through museum holdings, manufacturers' archives and private collections to find hundreds of examples of both hand- and machine-made textiles, many of them never beforProduct Identifiers
PublisherThames & Hudson
ISBN-100500511179
ISBN-139780500511176
eBay Product ID (ePID)2422360
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
TopicArt, Textile & Costume, Decorative Arts, Design, Antiques & Collectibles
AuthorAlain-Rene Hardy
IllustratorYes
Dimensions
Item Length10.6in.
Item Height1.1in.
Item Width9.8in.
Item Weight58.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Book TitleArt Deco Textiles : the French Designers
Lccn2002-094854
Original LanguageFrench
Dewey Decimal746/.0944/09041
Lc Classification NumberTs1475
Publication Year2003
FormatHardcover
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceTrade
Number of Pages352 Pages