dietsch: Art deco bookbindings, on display at NYPL

Art deco bookbindings, on display at NYPL

Paul Morand. Les Amis nouveaux. Illustrated by Jean Hugo. Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1924. Binding design: Pierre Legrain, 1927. Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet. Photo: Michel Nguyen.

Opening this Friday at the NYPL is an exhibit of art deco bookbindings from Paris, in the early twentieth century. From the press release:

French bookbinders led the world in their craft in the earlier part of the 20th century � especially from the 1920s to the 50s � and fostered the designer-bookbinder movement that took firm root in several other countries. The most influential of these were Legrain and Adler, who between them created some 525 bindings for the French bibliophile, couturier, collector, and philanthropist Jacques Doucet.

The exhibit has a companion volume from Princeton Architectural Press. [via Beatrice]

February 25, 2004 02:08 PM
NYC news & Reading and writing

Comments

sam wrote: hey i wrote you an email a while back and i never got a reply... i heard your story about the message "you and the little mermaid can go !@#$% yourselves," on the Rice station in Miami... i love your style.. you rocked my socks... March 10, 2004 10:34 PM

Dietsch wrote: I'm not the person you think I am. I only linked to the "Little Mermaid" piece; I didn't write it, and I didn't perform it on the radio. March 11, 2004 08:45 AM

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

Name:

Email Address:

URL:

Remember personal info?

Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)

main stuff

Home

Books

Links