Demay and Charles Martin, MarcelleLa Mode en Mil... Lot 1217

Demay and Charles Martin, MarcelleLa Mode en Mil Neuf Cent Douze chez Marcelle Demay. With a pochoir illustration on a gold ground, four full-page hat models by Charles Martin in pochoir coloring, four mounted photographic illustrations by Talbot, a mounted facsimile portrait and vignettes in yellow. Paris, Draeger Frères, 1912. 13 nn. Pls. 4°. HLdr. d. Zt. with rich R-gilt, gilt stamped R-plate, marble boards and marble endpapers (somewhat rubbed, front joint chipped). Art Déco Demay a. Charles Martin, Marcelle La Mode en Mil Neuf Cent Douze chez Marcelle Demay. With a pochoir illustration on a gold ground, four full-page hat models by Charles Martin in pochoir coloring, four mounted photographic illustrations by Talbot, a mounted facsimile portrait and vignettes in yellow. Paris, Draeger Frères, 1912. 13 nn. Pls. 4°. HLdr. d. Zt. with rich R-gilt, gilt stamped R-plate, marble boards and marble endpapers (somewhat rubbed, front joint chipped). Pages d'Or de l'Édition Publicitaire, Paris, Bibliothèque Forney, 1988, no. 3 - Original edition of this splendid advertising brochure printed by Draeger for Marcelle Demay, a well-known hat designer in the Rue Royale in Paris. As the present pochoir designs show, Charles Martin was one of the most prominent Art Deco illustrators of the time. The album is dedicated to Berthe Cerny, an actress at the Comédie Française. She served as the model for the hat designs and can be seen in the four mounted photographic illustrations. In her dedication, Demay describes the actress as "la parfaite Parisienne". With a foreword by the writer Alfred Capus. - The illustration with bird of paradise with smoothed crease. Delicately browned due to paper. Inner hinge cracked. The pochoirs in bright coloring. In good condition. Art Deco - With a pochoir illustration on golden ground, four full-page hat models by Charles Martin in pochoir coloring, four mounted photographic illustrations byTalbot, a mounted facsimile portrait, and vignettes in yellow. Cont. half leather with rich guilt decoration on spine, gilt label, marbled boards and marbled endpapers (somewhat rubbed, front joint chipped). - Original edition of this splendid advertising brochure printed by Draeger for Marcelle Demay, a well-known hat designer in the Rue Royale in Paris. As the present pochoir designs show, Charles Martin was one of the most distinguished Art Deco illustrators of the time. The album is dedicated to Berthe Cerny, actress at the Comédie Française. She served as a model for the hat designs and can be seen in the four mounted photographic images. In her dedication, Demay refers to the actress as "la parfaite Parisienne". With a preface by the writer Alfred Capus. - The illustration with bird of paradise with smoothed crease. Paper delicately browned. Inner joint slightly cracked. The pochoirs in bright coloring. Well preserved.