Encyclopédie Des Arts Décoratifs De L'Orient. Ornements Arabes. Receuil de Dessins Pour L'Art et L'Industrie.

COLLINOT, E. et DE BEAUMONT, A.

Published by Paris Canson ., 1883

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FIRST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION 64/500. Folio (50 x 38 cm). Half-title+title+pp.[iv]+40 plts. Original half black morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. 40 plates by Lemercier of which 37 in rich chromolithography and 3 monochrome. The complete "Encyclopedie des Arts Decoratifs de l'Orient" ran to 6 volumes comprising Persian Ornament, Arabian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese and Venetian. The volume offered here is complete in itself. Eugène-Victor Collinot (d. 1882) was a French potter and designer. His books had a seminal influence on the introduction of Islamic decorative art to French artists and Craftsmen, notably Joseph-Théodore Deck. In 1863, Collinot and Adalbert de Beaumont founded their own faïence factory in the Bois de Boulogne, specializing in wares inspired by Persian and Iznik pottery (The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts). Seller Inventory # 57612

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Title: Encyclopédie Des Arts Décoratifs De L'Orient...

Publisher: Paris Canson .

Publication Date: 1883

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition