"Nouvelles Collections Du Musee De I'Union Centrale Des Arts Decoratifs" 1909 GUERINET, Armand [editeur]

Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan

GUERINET, Armand [editeur]

w/ 32 plates present

Librairie D'Art Decoratif

1909

12 1/8" x 8 3/8"

The Central Union of Decorative Arts (UCAD), is an association of the law of 1901 recognized of public utility which fulfills missions of conservation of public collections, cultural dissemination. It was created in 1882 in the wake of the Universal Exhibitions by collectors wishing to highlight the applied arts by creating links between industry and fine arts to "maintain in France the culture of the arts that pursue the realization of the beautiful in the useful". This is the 14th series of the new collections, concerning ceramics. Published in the early twentieth century by Armand Guérinet. Bookseller and publisher specializing in decorative arts and architecture, active from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s. He buys and distributes photographers' collections. Under his name have been inventoried a very rich collection of works by architects, decorators, ornamentalists, artists, as well as many reproductions of works from the National Museums.

*lacking plates: 3-5/ 11-12/ 15-126/ 129-141/ 146-147/ 152-153/ 166-169/ 174-175/ 180-183/ 188-189/ 192-193/ 197-198/ of 213 plates*