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Author: Van de Velde, Henry, introduction
Title: Le Style Moderne; Contribution de la France
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:Librairie des Arts Decoratifs
Date Published: [1925]
Description:

[xvi] pp. 64 plates from photographs and drawings, including in 7 color (one being a double-page counting as two plate numbers). Loose in portfolio, as issued. 24.5x19 cm. (9½x7½") silver cloth-backed blue boards. First Edition.

A scarce portfolio, containing a cross-section of French art-deco design including subjects as diverse as hairstyles, architecture, rail-car interiors, sculpture, automobiles, furniture, bridges, cutlery, dirigible hangars, etc. Artists represented include: Jean Burckhalter, Robert Delaunay, Freyssinet, Marcel Guillemard, Le Corbusier, Andre Lurcat, Henri Sauvage, Tony Garnier, and many others.

Portfolio worn and with some soiling; foxing throughout; good.