Affordable Art Deco Graphics
Author: Susan Warshaw Berman Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors (Hardcover)
The Art Deco era was one of beauty, elegance, sensuality, and vivid, colorful graphics! This is the first collectibles book with an emphasis on the everyday, affordable items, such as games, playing cards, advertising brochures, tins, packaging, labels, fans, fashion and book illustrations, packaging from the cosmetic industry, travel literature, and automobile brochures. All are illustrated in 535 color photos. Price guidelines are included.
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The Art Deco era was one of beauty, elegance, sensuality, and vivid, colorful graphics! This is the first collectibles book with an emphasis on the everyday, affordable items, such as games, playing cards, advertising brochures, tins, packaging, labels, fans, fashion and book illustrations, packaging from the cosmetic industry, travel literature, and automobile brochures. All are illustrated in 535 color photos. Price guidelines are included.
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The Art Deco era was one of beauty, elegance, sensuality, and vivid, colorful graphics! This is the first collectibles book on Art Deco graphics, with an emphasis on the everyday, affordable items. This book is a must for lovers, collectors, and dealers of Art Deco. A wide range of ephemera and other paper collectibles is presented, such as games, playing cards, advertising brochures, tins, packaging, labels, and fans. Recipe books, household and paint brochures, and fashion and book illustrations from different countries are included along with distinctive images from the cosmetic industry, travel literature, and automobile brochures. Information on American publishers of greeting cards, bridge tallies, place cards, and other items from the 1920s and 1930s is included, including The Buzza Company, The Gibson Art Company, and The Dennison Company. Their products and the work of international companies and artists are illustrated in 535 color photos. Price guidelines are included.
About the Author
Susan Berman has traveled the world, doing research on and collecting Art Deco ephemera. Her home is in Pennsylvania
The Art Deco era was one of beauty, elegance, sensuality, and vivid, colorful graphics! This is the first collectibles book on Art Deco graphics, with an emphasis on the everyday, affordable items. This book is a must for lovers, collectors, and dealers of Art Deco. A wide range of ephemera and other paper collectibles is presented, such as games, playing cards, advertising brochures, tins, packaging, labels, and fans. Recipe books, household and paint brochures, and fashion and book illustrations from different countries are included along with distinctive images from the cosmetic industry, travel literature, and automobile brochures. Information on American publishers of greeting cards, bridge tallies, place cards, and other items from the 1920s and 1930s is included, including The Buzza Company, The Gibson Art Company, and The Dennison Company. Their products and the work of international companies and artists are illustrated in 535 color photos. Price guidelines are included.
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