A Survey of British Industrial Arts. by DOWLING, Henry G - 1935

Benfleet, UK: F. Lewis, 1935. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto, cloth, very good, no jacket. 57 pp. text, 100 halftone b/w plates, much on the decorative arts and designh of furniture, china, dishes, textiles, ironwork, etc.

F. Lewis Publishers. Used - Very Good. 1935. Cloth with gilt stamped lettering. Quarto. 57 pp & 100 plates. Frontispiece. Moderate shelf wear to boards, corners slightly bumped. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Design.)

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Benfleet UK: F. Lewis, 1935. First Edition. 4to, pp. 57, plus 100 plates. Ex library with pocket removed, light embossed stamp on title-page. Cover lightly scuffed at edges, one hinge tender, the other beginning, o/w a VG copy. Contains sections on interior decoration, furniture and woodwork, carpets and textiles, metal work, lighting and heating, glass and pottery (with interesting examples of painted work by Vanessa Bell, John Armstrong and Laura Knight.).

Benfleet, UK: F Lewis, 1935. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 58pp, cx black and white photographic plates at rear. Red cloth-coloured boards, gilt school coat-of-arms on front, blind-embossed decoration and titles on front, glit titles on spine, black and white photographic plate frontispiece. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Corners moderately rubbed and rounded. Text block edges lightly soiled. Free endpapers lightly tanned, presentation plate on front pastedown. Light foxing towards very beginning and end of volume.

England: F Lewis Publishers Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex lib but very good. contents include; interior decoration, furniture and woodwork, carpets and textiles, metalwork, lighting and heating, pottery, glass etc etc. Contents discussed and illustrated include pottery by V.Bell, G. Sutherland, L. Knight, F.Brangwyn, etc, etc. Black and white frontispiece - 'The Mall, T.S.S. "Empress of Britain". Decorations by Waring and Gillow (1932) Ltd. London.- Book VERY CLEAN, TIGHT and BRIGHT with only a few small (c.2cm) circular/oval stamps here and there. Brick coloured boards, blind stamps/titling to front board, gilt titling to spine. 55 pp text, profusely illustrated with 100 full page black and white plates, some with multi-images.; 002227; Ex-Library Minimal Marks; 4to (large) .

Benfleet, UK: F. Lewis, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 4to, 57pp, 100 plates illustrating British craftmanship. Publishers maroon cloth, gilt tiel on spine, with slt chipping at spine tips. Overall, a very good copy of this ode to British design during the Art Deco period.

Benfleet: Lewis, 1935. First Edition. hardcover. very good(+)/good. Black and white frontispiece, 100 black and white plates, 57pp. of text, thick 4to, red cloth, d.w.; (slightly chipped). Benfleet: F. Lewis, (1935). Very good (+).<br/><br/>

Benfleet, F. Lewis Publshers, 1935, first editions. 57 pp. Text, 100 plates authorative overview of interior decoration, furniture, woodwork, carpets, textile, metalwork, lighting and heating, pottery, glass; nearfine condition; STANDARD WORK

Benfleet: F. Lewis Limited, 1935. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 11.5" by 9". Not Stated. An illustrated first edition 1935 survey of British art styles in the manufacturing industry, particularly in the realm of furniture, metalwork, and pottery. First edition.Illustrations include a frontispiece and 100 plates accompanying the text survey. These plates show direct visual examples of the favoured art and design styles of the day. Details of a 1935 survey carried out by Henry G. Dowling on British industrial art and design styles. This research carried out for this text contributed to the Royal Academy Exhibition of British Art in Industry, which also debuted in 1935. This text examines the main features of British art and design craftsmanship, particularly within interior decoration, furniture, metalwork, and pottery.Starting in the 1920s, there was a high level of interest in raising the standards of design in British manufacturing styles, in order to improve overall public taste.… Read More