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18171653311817. JAPANESE TEXTILE DESIGN. Shozoku shokumon zue. By Matsuoka Tokikata and Hinma Hyakuri. Seven volumes. Containing a total of 160 Japanese folded sheets illustrated with a profusion of colour woodcut-printed designs. 8vo. 268 x 193 mm bound in original Japanese paper wrappers stitched laid in a new Japanese folding chitsu case. Tokyo: 1817-1825. First Edition. A fine set of this important compendium of early Japanese textile design which is also a masterpiece of Japanese bookmaking. Matsuoka Tokikata began compiling the work in the late eighteenth century and it was completed by Honma Hyakuri early in the nineteenth century. The work is divided into five parts: I. Karginu: Colour designs of hunting clothing; II. Jokan: Costume design for court ladies; III. Reifuku: Ceremonial dresses; IV. Nishiki orimono: Designs on brocades; V. Gyoko: Costumes used for Imperial visits. The delicately coloured designs include many that are refined and subtle and many that are elaborate and ravishingly beautiful. The imagery is classical Japanese: a profusion of varieties fill the pages of these volumes with flowers birds bamboo rivers and flowing waters insects butterflies fish coloured patterns and blind-stamped ornaments. Of the greatest rarity. Some minor wear to wrappers but overall a fine set. hardcover books
1940WRCAM49639New York 1940. Forty-two original works from approximately 9 x 7 1/4 inches to 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Most on paper and mounted to cardboard backing some executed on art board some matted. Minor dust-soiling to some several examples have pencil drawings of room layouts or floor plans on the verso Hofstatter stamps on verso of two a few examples detached from mount. Overall clean and in excellent condition retaining vibrant coloring. A stellar group of thirty-nine original watercolors and three original pencil drawings depicting early 20th-century furniture designs largely in the French Provincial style. The artwork was executed by New York furniture designer and interior decorator Theodore Hofstatter or artists working for his firm. The group includes wonderful depictions of mirrors beds window drapes chairs desks bureaus tables and stands. Additionally there are eleven works showing the interior design of various room settings. <br> <br> Theodore Hofstatter succeeded his father in their New York City business of furniture design and construction naming the firm Hofstatter's Sons when his brother Adolph joined him in the concern in the early 1870s. The Hofstatter family concentrated their efforts on building quality furniture at wholesale prices. In 1885 Theodore Hofstatter founded a branch of the business to focus on interior decorating opening a separate location on Broadway near Twelfth Street. Eventually the business would move to at least two different addresses on Fifth Avenue evidenced by Hofstatter labels affixed to the verso of several of the watercolors here a few of these labels are also marked "Special Design" by Hofstatter. According to THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY 1894 Theodore's design business "kept abreast ever since its opening with the current of fashionable taste in illustrating in the styles reproduced all those characteristics with which the names inseparably connected with the history of the three Louis are essentially a part. Berain Lebrun Watteau Andre Charles Boule have now a historical significance; Cailleri Gouthiere Reisener Fragonard Greuze Boucher Martin and the rest awaken a whole train of associations. It is through their influence and such as theirs that Theodore Hofstatter's designs possess the material to produce only those effects that can be truthfully termed good style." Hofstatter restricted his decorating contracts largely to commercial interests furnishing the City Club the Downtown Club the Arkwright Club and nine floors of the Hotel Savoy. He also cultivated a small group of private clients one of whom was Cornelius Dresselhuys Dutch consul to Great Britain. Two of Dresselhuys's rooms the Entrance Hall and Vestibule at 9 Kensington Palace Gardens in London are featured here in lovely full watercolors. <br> <br> A fascinating group of artwork featuring furniture and interiors from a prominent New York City furniture maker and interior designer. Such original illustrations of furniture and interior decoration are in our experience quite scarce. unknown books
