Le Fer. Ouvrages de Ferronnerie et de Serrurerie le fer. [The Iron. Works of ironwork] [Architecture]

Paris: F. Contet, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Folio Portfolio of Unbound Plates. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Etudes d'Art Décoratif Contemporain

Full Title: Le Fer. Ouvrages de Ferronnerie et de Serrurerie le fer. Ouvrages de ferronnerie et de serrurerie dus à des artisans contemporains et comprenant tout ce qui a rapport à la décoration intérieure et extérieure de l'habitation comme : appliques, balcons, balustrades, boutons de portes, consoles, crémones, cache-radiateurs, cadres de glace, grilles, lampadaires, lustres, portes d'ascenceurs, rampes, tables etc....

Translation: The Iron. Works of ironwork and locksmithing due to contemporary craftsmen and including everything related to the interior and exterior decoration of the dwelling such as: sconces, balconies, balustrades, door knobs, consoles, cremone bolts, radiator covers, frames of mirror, grilles, lampposts, chandeliers, elevator doors, ramps, tables etc.... Publisher's portfolio of purple cloth backstrips over marbled boards, with cloth ties. Folio with 4 pp. of text and 40 unbound plates [complete]. 12.5 by 17.25 inches (44 by 32.3 cm). Text in French.

Portfolio is worn, spines sunned, some edgewear, text and plates toned, with minor occasional thumb-soiling.

Plates represent the work of Edgar Brandt, Plates 1-19; Jacques Bregeaux, Plate 20; Richard Desvallieres, Plate 21 - 23; Louis Brachet, Plate 24; Nics Freres, Plate 25; Charles Piguet, Plate 26; Emile Robert Plate 27; Marcel and Charles Edouard, Plate 28 - 30; Raymond Subes, Plate 31 - 37; Georges Szabo, Plate 38 - 39; Pierre Yung, Plate 40

Guillaume Janneau was general administrator of the Mobilier national and the national factories of Beauvais and Gobelins, then of Sèvres, and finally professor of applied art at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts.