MARTIN, Charles (illustrator).

La Mode en mil neuf cent douze.

chez Marcelle Demay.

Stock Code 92852

Paris, Draeger frères, 1912

£450.00 - £450.00

£450.00

£450.00 - £450.00

£450.00

A beautiful and uncommon catalogue of hats created by the French milliner Marcelle Demay for her 1912 collection. She commissioned noted fashion illustrator Charles Martin to execute the brightly coloured designs. Accompanying these are photographs (by Talbot) of French actress Berthe Cerny modelling the hats.

First edition. 4to (31 x 24 cm). 4 tipped-in original colour photographs, 2 pochoir plates with small vignettes along bottom margins; 4 leaves missing (probably those for 'hiver' and 'été'). Pochoir design to upper board, original pictorial cream wrappers tied with gold cord; slightly worn in parts.

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