The Encyclopedia of decorative arts, 1890-1940 / edited by Philippe Garner.

Title & Author:

The Encyclopedia of decorative arts, 1890-1940 / edited by Philippe Garner.

Publication:

Description:

320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Series:

Quarto book

Notes:
"A Quarto book,"
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-312) and index.
Styles and influences in the decorative arts 1890-1940 -- Designs and designers 1890-1940 -- The background to the decorative arts 1890-1940.

Summary:

There have been many books on the individual movements and figures of the decorative arts of this century, but "The Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts 1890-1940" is the first to provide a comprehensive and authoritative account of all the classic movements in design of the modern period. Every section of this encyclopedia has been written by an expert in that particular field. The editor of the volume is Philippe Garner, an expert at the London auction house of Sotheby Parke Bernet and head of the department of modern decorative arts and photography at Sotheby's Belgravia.

ISBN:

0442225776
9780442225773
0883656418
9780883656419

Subject:

Decoration and ornament History 19th century Dictionaries.
Decoration and ornament History 20th century Dictionaries.
Decorative arts.
Decoration and ornament Art nouveau.
Art deco.
Arts décoratifs.
Décoration et ornement Art nouveau.
Art déco.
Art 19e siècle.
Art 20e siècle.
decorative arts (discipline)
Art Deco.
Decoration and ornament

Form/genre:

dictionaries.
Dictionaries
History
Books.
Dictionnaires.

Added entries:

Garner, Philippe, editor.
Quarto book.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 116784
Call No.: ID NK775 REF; ID:85-B19458
Status: Available

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