DECORATIVE ART 1938
The Studio Yearbook
C. G. Holme [Editor]
C. G. Holme [Editor]: DECORATIVE ART 1938 [The Studio Yearbook]. London: The Studio Limited, 1937, Volume 33. First edition. Quarto. Blue fabricoid stamped in yellow. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 144 pp. 468 black and white illustrations. 8 tipped-in color plates. Textblock lightly sunned to edges and a couple of signatures starting to pull. Former owners signature and Austin address to front paste down. Penciled marginalia dealing with contemporaries Harwell Hamilton Harris and Grace Miller. Jacket edgeworn, rubbed and chipped. From a series actively pursued by multiple constituencies. A good copy in a good dust jacket.
8 x 11.5 hardcover book with 144 pages and 468 black and white illustrations,8 tipped-in color plates of Houses, Apartments, Furniture, Textiles, Tableware, Light Fixtures, Glass, and Pottery. Printed in England, the craftsmanship and reproduction in this book are stunning.
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.
- What is New? The Editor's Introduction
- Index to Architects, Designers, Artists & Craftsmen
- Running commentary to each section from the woman's point of view, by Esther Meynell
- The Exterior
- The Hall and Staircase
- The Living Room
- The Bedroom
- The Bathroom
- The Kitchen
- Pottery & Glass
- Metalware
- Lighting
- Furniture
- Textiles
- Advertisements: 32 pages of vintage ads for designers, furniture, wallpaper, radios, potters, weavers, china, fabrics, and glass among others.
Artists, architects, designers, and manufacturers include Altar Aalto, Jacques Adnet, Marcel Breuer, Jacob Bang, Pierre Chareau, Giorgio De Chirico, Connel Ward & Lucas, Dan Cooper, Gardner Dailey, Donald Deskey, Marion Dorn, Henry Dreyfuss, Raoul Dufy, Frederick Gibberd, Erno Goldfinger, John Gloag, Walter Gropius, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Isokon Furniture, Leon & Maurice Jallot, Grete Kahler, Rene Lalique, William Lescaze, Bart Van Der Leck, Erich Mendelsohn, Keith Murray, Richard Neutra, Thorkild Olsen, Tommi Parzinger, Derek Patmore, Peter Pfisterer, Fritz Reichl, Hans Richter, Gilbert Rohde, Jean Royere, Gordon Russell, Hans Scharoun, R. M. Schindler, Eugene Schoen, Magnus Stephenson, Hugh Stubbins, Eva Szabo, Walter Dorwin Teague, Kurt Versen, Walter Von Nessen, Emmanuel Vourekas, Wilhem Wagenfeld, Royal Barry Wills, Russel Wright, William Wilson Wurster, F. R. S. Yorke, Nordiska-Kompaniet, Herman Miller, Thonet, Widdicomb, Orrefors, Holmegaard Glass Works, Ferranti, Giso Lighting, Lightolier, Georg Jensen, Lili Markus, Rena Rosenthal, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Franz & Marguerite Wildenhain, and many, many others.