Serrurerie Moderne - Ferronnerie de Batiment
Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, ND (ca 1930). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (17 2/8 x 12 6/8"). [4]pp (Title and list of contents), 36 loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original quarter black cloth over illustrated paper covered boards. String ties. Illustrated title. This remarkable work is a pictorial survey of French Art Deco locksmith and ironworks in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The 36 striking photographic plates reproduced in heliotype depict numerous realized projects and projects of hand railings, ironwork, stairs, gates, doors and doorways executed by some of the most famous architects and craftsmen of the period, such as: Raymond Subes, Lucien Bechmann, Henri Pacon, Léon Gaudibert, P. Jumelle, R. Genuys, Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Germain Debré, Jean Dunand, J. Rey, Joseph Marrast, Jean Walter, Jean Prouvé, Le Corbusier, P. Jeanneret, Dominique, Chollet et Mathon, Nics Frères, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Walter Gropius, Henri Martin, Michel Roux-Spitz, G. Perzel, Szetlak, Pierre Patout, Joseph Bassompierre, Sirvin et de Rutte, Joseph-Charles de Montarnal, Bezault Frères, Freynet et Deperthes, P. et G. Bloch, L. Praeger, Molinie et Nicod, Gilbert Poillerat, Albert Laprade, G. Vaudoyer, Schenck, E. Arrighi, Henri Palausi, Auguste Bluysen, J. Lacoste, Edgar Brandt, Louis Plousey, and Urbain Cassan. Moderate rubbing and age-toning along edges of portfolio. Head of spine slightly frayed. Lower margin of front cover and lower fore-edge of back board slightly water-stained. Water-staining to lower margin of text pages (not affecting text), slightly affecting the tip of the lower margin of plates throughout (not affecting images). Text and captions in French. Portfolio in overall good-, interior in good, plates in good+ to very good, images in very good condition. g- to vg. Item #39432
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