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Fabricating
Modernity:
The Spirit of Art Deco in French Textiles and Fashion,
1910-1940
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France
led the world in textile and fashion design during the Art Deco era, continuing
its long-standing tradition of excellence in these fields. Precursors
to the Art Deco style emerged in the first two decades of the 20th century,
a time when the full spectrum of fine and decorative arts
enjoyed renewed vigor and unprecedented individual expression.
Click on any of the images below to enlarge.
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Raoul
Dufy
Untitled
Block-Printed Silk Satin
French, ca. 1923
37.5" x 18"
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Raoul
Dufy
"Les Althéas"
Block-Printed Silk Satin
French, ca. 1918
43" x 38.5"
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Eduoard
Benedictus
"Relais"
15 pochoir illustrations
Paris: Editions Vincent, Fréal et Cie, 1930
18 3/4" x 14 3/4"
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"La
Gazette du Bon Ton"
Paris: Lucien Vogel, 1912-1925.
9 3/4" x 8"
556 pochoir illustrations.
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Raoul
Dufy
"Fleurs"
Block-Printed Cotton
French, 1918
40" x 47"
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Alfred
Latour
"Coquillages"
Block-Printed Cotton
French, 1929
31" x 46"
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Alfred
Latour
"Coquillages"
Block-Printed Cotton
French, 1929
31" x 46"
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A.
Garcelon.
"Inspirations: 80 Compositions Modernes en Couleur"
20 pochoir illustrations
Paris: Charles Massin, Editeur, 1928
16 3/8" x 13 1/4"
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In
1925, the style was crystallized by several avant-garde designers and
achieved its purest expression in the synthesis of organic and geometric
motifs. Throughout the Twenties and Thirties, the fashion and furnishings
industries sought lavishly colored and boldly patterned textiles to meet
the demands for the modern designs that surfaced after World War I. Innovation
was epitomized as the height of chic; the fresh new combinations of colors,
materials and compositions were instrumental in defining the spirit of
the age.
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Modernist Velour Panel
French, 1934.
52" x 19"
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Henri
Gillet
"Nouvelles Fantaisies Décoratives"
20 pochoir illustrations
Paris: Charles Massin, Editeur, c. 1910
18"
x 13 1/4"
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Charles
Martin
"Sports et Divertissements"
20 pochoir illustrations
Paris: Lucien Vogel, 1925
16"x 17 1/2"
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Georges
Barbier
"Falbalas & Fanfreluches"
60 pochoir illustrations
Paris: Meynial, 1922-1926
11 1/2" x 7 1/2"
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E.A.
Seguy
"Primavera"
20 pochoir illustrations
Paris: A. Calavas, Editeur, 1913
20 3/4" x 14"
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This
selling exhibition, a collaboration between rare books gallery Leonard
Fox Ltd. and textile and costume specialists Cora Ginsburg LLC, offers
a rare opportunity to view two distinct collections in a new, exciting
context. Woven and printed textiles will be shown alongside the graphic
designs that inspired them; the extraordinary fashions and illustrations
that characterized the opulent Art Deco period will also be highlighted.
Artists featured in the show include George Barbier, Edouard Benedictus,
Sonia Delaunay, Raoul Dufy, Paul Iribe, George Lepape, Charles Martin,
Paul
Poiret, E.A. Seguy, and George Valmier, among others.
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