Cloth, 31 cm, 190 pages, with color plates. Very good copy. In a very good dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 59323
Synopsis: Traces the history of a collection of miniature mannequins created in postwar France
Language Notes:
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Title: Theatre de la Mode
Publisher: Rizzoli / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Well-illustrated book tracing the fascinating history of a collection of miniature fashion mannequins created in postwar France. 190 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. First English edition, first printing. Black cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Seller Inventory # 016518
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. Beautiful, tight, clean copy of this work on the puppet fashion show launched in Paris right after WWII. This was the "Spring" collection in miniature. This copy includes a signed card by Eugene Clarence Mliberation in 1944. The Paris Spring collection of 1945 presented in miniature. Designers include: Christian Berard, Jean Cocteau, Andre Dignimont, Emili Grau-Sala, Boris Kochno, Emilio Terry, Louis Touchagues, Pierre Balmain, Marcell Chaumont, Hermes, Jeanne Lanvin, et al. Text in English. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed. Seller Inventory # 010894