19TH C. FRENCH INTERIOR DESIGN

L’ART DANS LA MAISON 1884
(Grammaire de L’Ambeublement) by Henry Havard (1838 - 1921)

A comprehensive and detailed exposition on the French decorative arts in the 1800's.

Henry Havard, born in Burgundy, fled to the Netherlands due to his
participation in the Commune revolutionary movement. He became
an esteemed Art historian and expert in Dutch painting and Delftware.
He returned to Paris after the amnesty of 1879, and contributed
important writings on the decorative arts.

Extravagantly illustrated with lithographs and engravings by:

M.M Corroyer, Architecte du Gouverment, C. David
E. Prignot, Architectes, décorateurs; Favier
Fichot, Ch. Goutzwiller, Kaufmann, P. Laurent,
Mikel, Henri Toussaint, E.Bayard, Scott, Lancelot,etc.

Editors: Rouveyre et G Blond
98, Rue de Richelieu
Paris

Printed by: Ch. Marchal et J. Montorier
15 September 1883, Paris

Binding: 1884 R.PETIT
12 x 9 inches
Half-calf/marbled boards
Gilt stamped title panel on spine with gilt vine panels
between five raised bands.
Top edge gilt, Marbled endpapers, 478 pp.
(Facing pp 216 & 228 with attached decorative paper samples).


____________________________________________________$ 175.