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Miller's
Buyer's Guide to Art Nouveau and
Art Deco
Almost all interests and pastimes mean buying a selection of
reference books: collecting antiques is no exception. All the
books reviewed here are from Miller's Publications Ltd who are
well-known for their antiques price guides and other
reference books.
Art Nouveau
started in the 1890s although it is most associated with the Paris
Exhibition of 1900. It is characterised by flowing lines and
stylised motifs of plants, flowers, birds and insects. Charles
Rennie Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret Macdonald, are amongst
its most influential designers in Britain, with Tiffany being a
leading exponent in the U.S.A.
Art
Deco took its name from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des
Arts Decoratifs in Paris. It was a reaction to Art Nouveau and was
typified by a more geometric and disciplined style. Perhaps two of
the most famous Art Deco designers were Susie Cooper and Clarice
Cliff with distinctive designers in ceramics.
Miller's
Buyer's Guide to Art Nouveau & Art Deco, with the
continuing rise in popularity and interest in both Art Nouveau and
Art Deco, aims to be the definitive guide on the subject. This new
edition of the book contains 400 pages and has more than 4000
illustrations of objects with price ranges for each item. The
detailed descriptions below each picture give information on any
inscription, size and decoration. Even with the black and white
pictures, identification of a piece should be relatively easy.
There are also six colour sections of 16 pages each and the
illustrations here really do justice to both Art Nouveau and Deco
objects.
The collecting
areas covered by the guide are: Pottery and Porcelain, Furniture,
Lamps, Glass, Bronze and Ivory, Silver and Metalware, Jewellery.
All of the major designers, like Tiffany, Lalique and Mackintosh,
are included as are less famous designers and makers, many of
which are likely to increase in value as the work of the leading
lights of the movements becomes increasingly rare.
Quick
Facts
Title: Miller's
Buyer's Guide to Art Nouveau & Art Deco
Consultant:
Eric Knowles
Publisher:
Miller's Publications Ltd
ISBN:
1-84000-375-8
Number of
Pages: 400 pages
Price:
UK - £19.99 USA - $29.95 Canada - $39.95
Published:
February 2001
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