DECORATIVE ART 1949
[The Studio Yearbook]
Rathbone Holme and Kathleen Frost [Editors]
Rathbone Holme and Kathleen Frost [Editors]: DECORATIVE ART 1949 [The Studio Yearbook]. London: The Studio, 1949. First edition. Tan cloth decorated in gold. Printed dust jacket. 130 [xvi] pp. 400 black and white photographs and plans. 16 color plates. Ink initials to FFEP. jacket with faint edgewear. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine jacket: an exceptionally well-preserved copy from a series that is actively pursued by multiple constituencies. Out-of-print.
9 x 11.5 hardcover book with 130 [16] pages of Apartments, Houses, Furniture, Tablewear, Silver, Glass, Lighting fixtures, Ceramics, Prints, Weaves, circa 1949. 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.
Introduction by R. W. Symonds
New Houses and Apartments
Interiors: including Living Rooms, Dining Rooms, Cocktail Bars, Bedrooms
Furniture
Ceramics
Tableware
Glass
Metalware
Textiles
Decoration
Electrics
Index
Artists, architects, designers, and manufacturers include Carl-Axel Acking, Laura Andreson, Renato Angeli, Arabia Porcelain and Earthenware, Asscher of Amsterdam, Carlton Ball, Bauer Pottery, Hans Bellman, Siegvard Bernadotte, Ritbryk, Poole Pottery, Dave Chapman, Charak Furniture, Clark and Frey, Fabrizio Clerici, Wells Coates, Dan Cooper, A. D. Copier, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, S. A. S. Costeli, Dunbar Furniture, Dutto-Fosano, Ray and Charles Eames, Bruks Ekenas, George Ellis, Nils Enstrom, Ferraro, Arthur Finn, Piero Fornasetti, Kaj Franck, Paul Frankl, Maxwell Fry, Norman Bel Geddes, Elsi Giauque, Ernst Gohlert, Walter Gropius, Maija Grotell, Gustav S. Berg Studio, Ole Hagen, Edward Hald, Soren Hansen, Fritz Hansens, Ambrose Heal, Heal and Son, Peter Hvidt and O. M. Nielsen, Iitta Glassworks, A. J. Iversen, Freda James, Georg Jensen, Joaquin Pottery, Dora Jung, Birger Kaipiainen, Kervos Joinery, Elna Kiljander, Nils Landberg, Axel Larsen, Leerdam Glasfabriek, William Lescaze, Dorothy Liebes, Stig Lindberg, Raymond Loewy, A. B. Lundquist, Charles Mackintosh, Carl Malmstem, A. Michelsen, Herman Miller Furniture Company, Modernage Furniture Corp., Carlo Mollino, Toini Muona, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, George Nelson, Harrold Nielson, Gunnel Nyman, Nordiska Kompaniet, Mario Oreglia, Thorkild Olsen, Orrefours Glassworks, Sven Palmquist, Tommi Parzinger, Pascoe Industries, Eric Poncy, Ernest Race, Carlo Enrico Rava, Redwing Potteries, Riihimaki Glassworks, Augusto Romano, Ben Rose, Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory, Royal Doulton Potteries, Jean Royere, Greta Runeborg-Tell, Gordon Russell, Axel Salto, Edwin and Mary Scheier, G. L. de Snellan-Jaderholm, Noldi Soland, Catherine Speyer, Steuben Glass, O. Y. Stockman, Elias Svedberg, Anders Svendsen, Frithjof Svendsen, Svenska Mobelfabrikerna, Peggy Tearel, Nils Thorsson, Treelle, Helena Turpeinen, Paavo Tynell, Guglielmo Ulrich, Venesta, Ole Wanscher, Way Selecta, Hans Wegner, Marguerite Wildenhain, Tapio Wirkkala, Beatrice Wood, Edward Wormley, Russel Wright, F. R. S. Georg, and Eva Zeisel.