Wholesale Art Nouveau Furniture – Rossana Bossaglia – Grange Batelère, 1972

Rossana Bossaglia signs with this work a definitive synthesis on Art Nouveau furniture, published in 1972 in the Alpha Décoration collection by Grange Batelère editions in Paris. The book traces the theoretical origins of the movement, its internal contradictions, its modernist currents and its first manifestations in Europe. It explores the Scottish school, the German Jugendstil, the Italian masters, the École de Nancy and the end of the movement at the turn of the 20th century. The work is richly illustrated in color. Carved wardrobes, stained glass, Victor Horta interiors, Gallé and Majorelle furniture, decorative glassware, detailed captions with references to museums and private collections. Text revised and adapted into French by Agnès de Saint Jorre Pector. Original Italian edition Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 1971. Hardcover binding, illustrated blue cover, large format. Condition: Cover slightly worn at corners and edges. Interior very well preserved, illustrations sharp, no annotations.