Author: Butterfield and Butterfield
Title: Butterfield and Butterfield: Tete-Beche: Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts / North American, Pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial and Tribal Works of Art (May 11, 1998)
Description: , Butterfield and Butterfield, 1998. . Paperback. . Unmarked. Tete-Beche catalog for May 11, 1998 in San Francisco. One volume is Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts and the other is North American, Pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial and Tribal Works of Art. Beautifully illustrated. 70p. While the term "dos-a-dos" is sometimes used to refer to a single volume in which two texts are bound together, with one text rotated 180 degrees relative to the other, such that when one text runs head-to-tail, this type of binding is actually a tete-beche from the French meaning "head-to-toe".. . . Very Good

Keywords: Arts and Crafts, Auction Catalogs, Art History, Decorative Arts, Dos-a-Dos, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Tribal Art, Primitive Art, Americas


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