Collecting Art Deco Ceramics: Shapes & Patterns from the 1920s & 1930s (2nd ed.)

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Year: 1997
Pages: 126
Binding Paperback
ISBN 1870703367

Product Code: 756750229

Description

Howard Watson (au); Pat Watson (au). Written by a British dealer who specializes in the pottery of the period between the two World Wars, the style commonly known as Art Deco. This guide discusses some of the many different avenues open to collectors, rather than museums. Notes on decorative techniques & methods of production are included, along with ways of identifying & dating the work of various designers. Chapters: origins of the Art Deco style; the 1925 Exhibition; starting a collection of Art Deco ceramics; the rise of collecting since the War; rules for collectors; decorating techniques; checklist of potteries’ trade names & designers; pottery index; backstamps; clubs for collectors; bibliography. Color illustrations.

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