Art Deco and Modernist Carpets
by Day, Susan
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0811836134
- ISBN 13
- 9780811836135
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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black boards with stamped lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with navy lettering. 224 pp. 250 illustrations, 149 in full color. "In 1927, the critic Rene Chavance identified carpet production as the most successful of the decorative arts in achieving 'the more visionary aims of the times'. Susan Day's book, a work of original scholarship accompanied throughout by illustrations both of the carpets themselves and of contemporary interiors, demonstrates that these Art Deco carpets have lost none of their decorative power. A significant number of the carpets are shown precisely as they were meant to be seen, within the rooms for which they were made." "The fruits of the remarkable Art Deco efflorescence throughout Europe form the first part of the book. In the second, the focus turns to the reaction against the artistes-decorateurs by the champions of modernism. In France, the designs of Sonia Delaunay, Eileen Gray and Jean Lurcat evoked collage and Cubism; the Bauhaus and Scandinavia provided different influences. The fashion for abstract and modernist rugs was further stimulated by limited editions of rugs woven from works by such artists as Picasso, Klee and Miro, while in the USA, designers developed a style that was distinctly American." "This visual feast, of appeal not only to carpet collectors and textile specialists but to anyone with an interest in 20th-century design, ranges from the supremely imaginative achievements of Paul Poiret's unique weaving studio, the Ecole Martine, to the Scandinavian folk traditions of Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom, the innovations of Frank Lloyd Wright and Donald Deskey in the USA and Gunta Stolzl's handwoven carpets in Germany. The book's invaluable reference section includes detailed information on artists, manufacturers and retailers, their signatures and monograms, and a glossary and bibliography." -Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170205
- Title
- Art Deco and Modernist Carpets
- Author
- Day, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0811836134
- ISBN 13
- 9780811836135
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- European Decorative Arts, Textiles, Carpets, Art Deco, Modernist ; Carpets ; ;
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