Art et Decoration. Revue Mensuelle D'Art Moderne January Through December 1913

Paris: Librairie Centrales Des Beaux-Arts , 1910. This is a very good hardcover bound volume of the year 1913 of this most important French periodical about both the fine and decorative arts. Text in French. Very clean inside. Several old page tears and repairs. Bound in red marbled-paper boards with a red leather spine with gilt titles and raised bands. Printed on fine paper with extraordinary color illustrations. Green silk page-mark. Also monochrome illustrations. Articles by the team of editors, which at that time included Guillame Janneau, Roger Marx and M.P.Verneuil among several others. The first half of the book, Tome 33, includes articles on modern design, a review of the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs by M.P.Verneuil, also by Verneuil articles on pillow designs with decorative motifs by M.Dufrene and Paul Follot, also the Theatre de la Champs-Elysees, an article on the Japanese graphic designs, also an article on the Hokusai, and modern furniture design in wicker, among much else. The second half of the book, Tome 34, articles by M.Dufrene on modern chair design, an article by Andre Salmon on Rembrandt Bugatti, a review of the Leipzig Architecture Exhibition of 1913, an article on George Lepape with several designs in color including one on a special paper heightened in gilt. 4to, 11" high X 8" wide, 400 pages total. A very beautiful production. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Half-Leather. Very Good.