Wraps
Paris
Paris. Wraps. Good. N.d., circa 1920. Oblong 4to. 31 by 52 cm. Unpaginated, 32 pp., of which 28 are color plates. Unknown, and unknowable, if complete. One place where two tissue guards back to back suggest that a leaf might have been excised, but also possible two tissue guards inserted in error. Also six loose sheets with designs mostly in black and white with gold highlighting -- these sheets were issued loose clearly. The style of furniture is a hybrid, with elements of Louis XVI and Empire on the one hand, and Art Nouveau and Art Deco on the other. Satinwood dominates. Ormulu mounts are ubiquitous, as are painted wood inlay decoration. Some of these (truncated)