[Rarebooks] FS: 1929 Architects Design Interiors at the Met!

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “The Architect and the Industrial Arts. An Exhibition of
Contemporary American Design”

Published in New York by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1929.

DISCUSSION: The catalog to one of the Met’s most interesting exhibitions
of industrial art- they engaged leading architects and gave them control
over the project, which resulted in a series of Moderne tableaux, each
designed down to the smallest detail by a single designer. The catalog
includes several short essays on the project, as well as descriptions and
a photograph of each of the thirteen settings- Backyard Garden by Ely
Jacques Kahn – Man’s Study for a Country House by Ralph T. Walker –
Conservatory by Joseph Urban – Show Window and Sales Alcove by Eugene
Schoen – Woman’s Bedroom by John Wellborn Root – Man’s Den by Joseph Urban
– Child’s Nursery and Bedroom by Eugene Schoen – Dining Room by Eliel
Saarinen – Bath and Dressing Room by Jacques Kahn – Apartment House Loggia
by Raymond M. Hood – Business Executive’s Offices by Raymond M. Hood –
Sales Room by Ralph T. Walker – Central Garden Feature by Armistead
Fitzhugh.

An uncommon and interesting catalog.

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 5.5”x8.5”, 83 pages with black & white designs,
plus 14 black & white plates. Original Moderne-patterned paper covers.
With- the original Addenda and Corrigenda sheet.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor wear, but overall clean and nice, with a tight
binding and no marks.

PRICE: $150.00

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