BARBIER, Georges Albert FlamentBiblio.com
Georges BARBIER ; Albert FLAMENTBiblio.com
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19221<p>SINGLE PRINT LIMITED TO 150 COPIES ON HOLLAND VELUM OF THE MOST FAMOUS WORK FROM THE COLLABORATION OF Barbier and Schlied. Copy n°97 signed by the author.</p><p>40 Figures headbands decorated letters by Georges Barbier engraved on wood in colors and worked by F.L. Schmied. Cover enhanced with gold and silver. Calligraphic text.</p><p>Lined and mosaic binding signed by Jeanne Langrand 1931.</p><p>Raspberry morocco crossed from one plate to the other and extending on the back with two wide strips of black morocco highlighted with twenty-five threads gilded for one of the strips palladium for the other the two strips crossing each other on a piece of cream morocco forming a decoration of iridescent lattices; smooth spine crossed with the same decoration gilded fillets at the head and palladium at the tail Title in large black letters; linings extending and repeating in symmetry the mosaic decoration of the covers; guards of pink moiré silk. Edges with matte gilding on witnesses. Covers and spines preserved.</p><p>Perfect condition case a little rubbed.</p><p><strong>DAZZLING ART-DECO MOSAIC BINDING DUE TO Jeanne LANGRAND.</strong></p><p>Jeanne Langrand was one of the pioneers of the modern style in the field of bookbinding. After the First World War with her sister Andrée she found herself at the School of Decorative Arts Jeanne as assistant professor and Andrée as director.</p><p>In this breathtaking binding of perfect mastery and great decorative audacity we can only admire the elegance of the mosaic tones the refined geometry of the composition with its symmetrical repetition in linings. Even the case bears witness to its particularly sober and relaxed style.</p><p>One of the great successes of the art of illustration from the interwar period in a brilliant binding in perfect harmonious harmony.</p> chez Meynial
