[20th & 21st centuries] [Art deco] Velde, H. van de. Le Style Moderne Contribution de la France. Paris, Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, 1925. 64 plates (7 stencil coloured, of which one double-p.). Loose as issued in cloth-backed portfolio (worn). 4to. Occas. foxing. Survey of furniture, interior design, architecture and even car design as it was presented at the unique art deco exhibition in Paris in 1925. Illustrated are works by a.o. Pierre Charreau, Robert Delaunay, Djo-Bourgeois, Le Corbusier, André Lurçat, Robert Mallet-Stevens and Henri Sauvage.

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