Nouvelles fantasies décoratives

Collection History

The digital collection draws upon the Library's exhibition, "Victorian Ornament: Excerpts from Design History," Dec. 9, 1989 - March 10, 1990, Edna Barnes Salomon Room, and supplements it with additional works through the 1920s. Holdings from the Victorian period, 1839-1900, are particularly strong covering America and Western Europe; these are often pattern or illustrated advice books. Other movements with representative, and often rare, titles include: Neoclassicism, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, and Art Deco.

Background

The Art & Architecture Collection has long been a repository of unusual plate books, with a core antiquarian collection dating to the initial creation of the Art Division. Many came from the private library of the architect Thomas Hastings, of the partnership, Carrere and Hastings, responsible for the Library's landmark classical revival building on Fifth Avenue. In the second half of the twentieth century, the department acquired additional significant titles retrospectively in response to growing recognition of the collection's depth and rarity.

Collection Data

Description
Book featuring mainly floral designs by Henri Gellit imprinted singly or in pairs on single leave plates.
Names
Gillet, Henri (Artist)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1880 - 1920 (Approximate)
Place: Paris
Publisher: Ch. Massin
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection
Shelf locator: MLH++ 03-2085
Topics
Flowers in art
Stencil work
Decoration and ornament -- Art deco
Design
Genres
Illustrations
Design drawings
Physical Description
Extent: 20 col. plates. ; 46 cm. In portfolio.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5337727
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15575463
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cb29b460-c6b8-012f-6ab4-58d385a7bc34
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