Title: Zeitgenössisches deutsches und britisches Kunsthandwerk (Contemporary German and British Crafts)
Editors/Curators: Margrit Bauer and Annaliese Ohm
Publisher: Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Frankfurt am Main)
Format: Softcover / Exhibition Catalog
Publication Year: 1978
Pages: 296 pages with comprehensive catalog entries and illustrations
Language: German and English bilingual text components
Printed in Germany by Druckerei Henrich
--- OVERVIEW ---
Dive deep into late 20th-century decorative arts with this rare, original 1978 exhibition catalog "Zeitgenössisches deutsches und britisches Kunsthandwerk." Published on the occasion of the joint traveling exhibition presented at the Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main (June 3–September 3, 1978) and the City Museums and Art Gallery Birmingham (September 29–November 4, 1978), this comprehensive text is an invaluable historic document for collectors and scholars of post-war studio crafts.
Organized under the patronage of Federal President Walter Scheel, this significant dual-nation survey serves as a vital snapshot of mid-to-late 1970s design aesthetics across Germany and Great Britain. The catalog sections cover a wide breadth of technical craft disciplines, meticulously cataloging historical work from masters in ceramics, textiles, goldsmithing, silversmithing, art glass, studio woodworking, basketry, and artisan book/leather bindings.
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* Forewords & Acknowledgments (Vorwort) by Walter Scheel and organizing committees
* German Crafts (Deutsches Kunsthandwerk): Keramik, Textilien, Goldschmiedearbeiten, Silber, Glas, Holz, Korbflechterei, Buch- und Lederarbeiten
* British Crafts (Britisches Kunsthandwerk): Textilien, Holz
* Comprehensive artist indices and documentation bibliography
--- CONDITION REPORT ---
This authentic 1978 softcover catalog is complete and in Good vintage condition:
* Cover: The minimalist dark brown covers retain a smooth semi-gloss finish, showing typical light vintage surface rubbing, minimal edge wear, and small scuffs along the corners. The spine is square and intact.
* Binding: Firm, strong, and square. Perfect-bound signatures are secure with no split hinges or detached pages.
* Interior Pages: Internal pages are remarkably clean, crisp, and bright. The text blocks and photographic documentation pages maintain clean layouts.
* Special Notation: Features a brief, polite contemporary presentation inscription on the title page written in ink ("To Bob from Des (best pages 284-290!)"). Otherwise completely clean and free of underlining, library stamps, or text highlights.
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Wrapped securely in protective moisture-barrier material and packed inside a rigid, crush-resistant cardboard box to ensure safe arrival. Shipped promptly via USPS Media Mail with tracking.