Saturday, August 19, 2006
Oriental and American Novelties ad, 1931
"Oriental and American Novelties" ad, 1931.
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Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 30s".
Friday, August 18, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Zum 5 Uhr Tee
From the flickr page:
An art-deco illustrated book of dance music from Germany.
Private collection of Paula K. Wirth
Sugiura Hisui, Colour litograph, 1927
Sugiura Hisui, "The Only Subway in the East". Colour litograph, Japanese, 1927.
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Scanned from "Art Deco 1910-1939" edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Chislaine Wood.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Deco Earrings, 1934
ca. 1934 --- Model wearing nautilus-shaped diamond ear clips by Rene Boivin, with curled coiffure by Antoine --- Image by � Cond� Nast Archive/CORBIS
Anonymous, Book Cover
Cover of the book by Luiz Francisco Rebello, "História do teatro de Revista em Portugal," Publicações Europa-América, Lisboa, 1984-85.
The illustration is in the style of Erté, so maybe he's the author.
Scanned from the book "Grandes Museus de Portugal," Editorial Presença.
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Monday, August 14, 2006
Jean Harlow in Reckless, dress by Adrian, 1935
"Jean Harlow, in a scene from Reckless, wears a dress designed by Hollywood costumier Adrian. The film was made in 1935, but the minimal modern dress could easily belong to a woman in the mid-Nineties. Chanel had made black dresses fashionable, and throughout the century simple black styles have had a timeless appeal. In this era women still wore black dresses to show off their jewellery. Costume jewellery was widely worn, particularly Art Deco-style pieces in red. green and black paste."
Scanned from "Decades of Fashion" by Harriet Worsley.
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Sunday, August 13, 2006
Paul Jouve, Paradis Terrestres illustration,1932
Paul Jouve, illustration in the book "Paradis Terrestres", 1932.
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Scanned from the book "Le livre, objet d'art: Collection Calouste Gulbenkian, France. XIXe-XXe siècles."