Le Mobilier Bourguignon (Ensemble & Détails)
Paris: Ch. Massin & Cie., Éditeurs, 1930. 12, [4] p.: 40 leaves of photographs; 34 cm. Portfolio printed in red and black with red cloth spine and corners; red ribbon ties. The text and leaves of plates are loose in the portfolio, as issued. The last (unpaginated) page of text contains a list of the plates and gives 1930 as the year of publication. Part of the series Collection de L'Art Régional en France. Text is entirely in French. The plates are numbered and were produced by the heliotype, or collotype, process, which produces both beautiful and extremely detailed images. All but one of the photographs were taken by M. Gravot, the other by A. Moraine. Each caption describes the piece of furniture, including dimensions, and gives its location at the time, in many cases in personal collections, including those of Albert Thibaudet of Tournus. Includes wardrobes, dressers, buffets, clocks, cradles, spinning wheels, chairs, tables, pottery, various Louis XIII, Louis XIV, and Louis XV pieces, as well as room arrangements. In Very Good+ Condition: cloth is bright; just starting to separate at head of back joint; scrape along lower edge of front section of portfolio; ties are intact; foxing along fore-edge of plate 40; otherwise text and plates are clean and bright. An important work on antique furniture from the Burgundy region of France. Very Good +. Item #003547
Price: $75.00