Dictionnaire des Arts Decoratifs.

French illustre de plus de 600 gravures dans le texte. 17 Planches, parfois en couleurs. Ameublement - Armurerie - Bijouterie - Broderie - Carrosserie - Costume - Coutellerie - Damasquinerie - Dentelles - Emaillerie - Faïences - Joaillerie - Miniature - Mosaïque - Orfévrerie - Porcelaine - Poterie - Sculpture sur bois et sur ivoire - Serrurerie - Tapisserie - Tissus - Vitrerie - Vitraux. 1080 Pages. Relie en deux volumes pleine percaline avec titre en or. Couverture avec illustration d' Alphonse Mucha inclus. Un peu tache. -French. 1080 pages. New binding plain percaline with gold lettering. Soiled cover and back included. Alphabetical dictionary of the decorative arts, including artists and designers, periods, national histories, styles, manufacturers and nomenclature, index, over 600 text illustrations, 17 plates (some in color). Sm. 4to. Paris, (Montgredien) no date (ca. 1900). New enlarged edition. An exhaustive and authoritative reference work on the decorative arts, first published in 1885. Cover design by Alphonse Mucha. DICTIONARY OF THE DECORATIVE ARTS for use by artisans, artists, amateurs and schools. Furniture, arms manufacture, jewelry, embroidery, coach building, embossing, costume, cutlery, damasquinage, lace, enamelling, faience, jewellery, miniatures, mosaic, goldwork, porcelain, pottery, sculpture on wood and ivory, metalwork, tapestry, textiles, glaziery, stained glass". Numerous excellent articles, many illustrated, on the decorative arts. Many artist biographies.…