C. G. Holme — Decorative Art

London, The Studio LTD, 1939. First edition. Cloth. The Studio's 1939 yearbook for decorative art, a beautiful guide to popular interior design at the time, illustrated in colour. The first edition of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.The 1939 yearbook of 'The Studio', an artistic work looking at the use of decorative arts within interior design.'The Studio' was an influential magazine that focuses on fine and decorative arts, founded by Charles Holme in 1893. The magazine had a large influence on the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements. It promoted the new art of artists, designers, and architects, promoting the works of people like Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Charles Voysey.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, twelve colour plates, and many monochrome plates throughout.Collated, complete.Edited by C. G. Holme.Twenty-four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, with some minor marks to the boards. Dustwrapper is torn with some chips and closed tears, with repairs to the reverse. Light discolouration and some marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some odd spots. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good/Good.