Author: MARTIN, CHARLES & DEMAY, MARCELLE:
Title: La Mode en mil neuf cent douze chez Marcelle Demay, 11 rue Royale. Paris, Draeger Frères, 1912.
Description: . 4to. Lvs. (14) including two blanks. Text printed in yellow and black. With photographic frontispiece-portrait of French comedian Berthie Cerny, four pochoir colour illustrations of hats by Charles Martin, four tipped-in colour photographs of Cerny modelling the same hats (by Talbot). Foreword by Alfred Capus. As issued in original ivory card wrappers with yellow silk cord, with pochoir illustration on upper cover by Martin, some minor stain to back cover. Protected by original papier calque (with some stains).Sophisticated publicity album of hats produced by the celebrated Parisian printer Draeger. Charles Martin (1884-1934) was one of the most distinctive Art Déco illustrators in Paris at this time. Berthie Cerny was a French actress at the Comédie Française. One leaf at inner fold with some minor stains due to the silk cord, otherwise in lovely condition. Considered to be the most beautiful catalogue ever published by a milliner. Forney Exhibition Catalog, "Pages d'or de l'édition publicitaire", 1988, no 3.

Keywords: Fashion, fashion, hats, french, france, design, mode, miliner,


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