Dry - Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork WMF 1906
€ 175,00
Graham Dry - Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork from Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik 1906.
Completely revised in 2010, this faithful facsimile of the original 1906 WMF catalogue is now printed in colour throughout for the very first time.
Contains 3,500 Art Nouveau and other decorative objects from a leading European producer. Provides a fascinating insight into the type and style of domestic metalwork available at the time.
'This is definitely a book that fits into the useful category... a valuable tool' Antiques Trade Gazette
At the end of the nineteenth century, Württembergische MetallwarenFabrik, or the Würtemberg Electro Plate Company as the firm was known outside Germany, was the world's largest manufacturer and exporter of household metalware.
At its height, over 6,000 workers were employed in Germany, Poland and Austria, and almost 10,000 designs for objects ranging from teaspoons to enormous table centrepieces were produced.
Widely known by its initials WMF, the company sometimes employed the services of leading German designers of the day, but for the most part the wares were in a popular Jugendstil style, the German version of Art Nouveau.
These decorative pieces are highly sought after today and are prized by collectors throughout the world.
Suffolk 2008., 392 pages, 3500 b/w. ill., 13 colour, 21,5 x 28 cm, Hardcover. New (in shrink wrap)
Dit dikke naslagwerk (uitgegeven door ACC Art Books / Antique Collectors' Club) is de complete Engelstalige reproductie van de legendarische verkoopcatalogus van WMF uit 1906.
Het boek bevat duizenden gedetailleerde, handgetekende afbeeldingen met originele modelnummers, formaten en afwerkingen van vazen, schalen, kandelaars en bestek.
Onmisbaar om de echtheid en waarde van je eigen antieke WMF-stukken te controleren
Voor de echte verzamelaar, antiquair of liefhebber van Jugendstil: een splinternieuw exemplaar van het ultieme standaardwerk over WMF-metaalwerk, nog volledig in de originele krimpfolie (seal)
Completely revised in 2010, this faithful facsimile of the original 1906 WMF catalogue is now printed in colour throughout for the very first time.
Contains 3,500 Art Nouveau and other decorative objects from a leading European producer. Provides a fascinating insight into the type and style of domestic metalwork available at the time.
'This is definitely a book that fits into the useful category... a valuable tool' Antiques Trade Gazette
At the end of the nineteenth century, Württembergische MetallwarenFabrik, or the Würtemberg Electro Plate Company as the firm was known outside Germany, was the world's largest manufacturer and exporter of household metalware.
At its height, over 6,000 workers were employed in Germany, Poland and Austria, and almost 10,000 designs for objects ranging from teaspoons to enormous table centrepieces were produced.
Widely known by its initials WMF, the company sometimes employed the services of leading German designers of the day, but for the most part the wares were in a popular Jugendstil style, the German version of Art Nouveau.
These decorative pieces are highly sought after today and are prized by collectors throughout the world.
Suffolk 2008., 392 pages, 3500 b/w. ill., 13 colour, 21,5 x 28 cm, Hardcover. New (in shrink wrap)
Dit dikke naslagwerk (uitgegeven door ACC Art Books / Antique Collectors' Club) is de complete Engelstalige reproductie van de legendarische verkoopcatalogus van WMF uit 1906.
Het boek bevat duizenden gedetailleerde, handgetekende afbeeldingen met originele modelnummers, formaten en afwerkingen van vazen, schalen, kandelaars en bestek.
Onmisbaar om de echtheid en waarde van je eigen antieke WMF-stukken te controleren
Voor de echte verzamelaar, antiquair of liefhebber van Jugendstil: een splinternieuw exemplaar van het ultieme standaardwerk over WMF-metaalwerk, nog volledig in de originele krimpfolie (seal)