Jean-Michel Frank Adolphe Chanaux Leopold Diego Sanchez Art Deco HC DJ Illus
Dust jacket shows light shelf wear with faint rubbing at corners and a few small surface impressions. Boards are clean with sharp corners, and page edges and interior pages are bright, crisp, and free of writing, highlighting, or dog-eared folds. Binding is tight and square with all pages intact and securely attached.
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Title: Jean-Michel Frank / Adolphe Chanaux.
Author: Léopold Diego Sanchez.
Additional credits: translation by John D. Edwards.
Format: Hardcover art and design monograph with photo-illustrated dust jacket.
Publisher: Éditions du Regard, France; distributed by Seuil.
Language: Bilingual French and English text.
Subject/Genre: Interior design, Art Déco, decorative arts, twentieth-century furniture, design history.
ISBN: 2-84105-020-3. EAN: 9782841050208.
Physical details: Large-format volume printed on heavy coated paper with a geometric straw-marquetry wood pattern on the dust jacket and numerous full-page color plates and black-and-white photographs.
Table of contents highlights: Note de l'éditeur; Portrait de Jean-Michel Frank; Chapitre I Le Moment Frank (The Frank Moment); Chapitre II Les Ateliers de La Ruche (The La Ruche Workshops); Chapitre III L'Univers Décoratif de Jean-Michel Frank (The Decorative World of Jean-Michel Frank, Aesthetics at war with enigma); Chapitre IV Le Mystère de Jean-Michel Frank (The Mystery of Jean-Michel Frank).
Interior features: Archival and contemporary images of Jean-Michel Frank interiors, straw-marquetry cupboards and paneling, parchment-covered tables and chests, Hermès leather desks, Giacometti lamps, seating, bedroom suites, and detailed captioned views of individual furniture pieces.
Intended audience: Adult readers, interior designers, architects, collectors, and scholars of Art Déco and modern decorative arts.
Special notes: Bilingual essays and captions presented in parallel French and English, suitable for reference or display.
Condition details: see condition field.
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