[Saleman's Sample Album] Méry Hungarian Industry-Arts Budapest
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardcover. String ties. . Very Good. Probably a salesman's sample album showing original designs for napkins or handkerchiefs, all with decorative, generally colorful and representational artwork. N.d., circa 1930s. Oblong album, 29 by 34 cm. 17 samples, including the one on the front cover, and one sample which is essentially repeated, with minor variations. Stylistically there is considerable variety, from folk art-ish and cartoon-ish to more fluid and fluent Art Deco stylized imagery. We don't know whether Méry was the artist or the name of the company, or both, but clearly these are samples of commercial artwork. That is not pejorative, for the images are delightful, evocative and even humorous and fun at times. Here there is the further intensification of the original watercolors. The papers the large square watercolors are laid on are brittle, as the norm of such albums. Chipping to thw wax paper pastedown on the cover.
Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005145
- Title
- [Saleman's Sample Album] Méry Hungarian Industry-Arts Budapest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. String ties.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
Terms of Sale
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...