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Variations. Quatre-vingt-six Motifs Décoratifs en Vingt Planches. Pochoirs de J. Saudé

Benedictus

Paris. Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts. 1924 circa
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Complete copy of this highpoint of Art Deco design.

This brilliant set features 86 designs hand-coloured through stencil by Jean Saudé, some heightened with gold or silver.
Folio.. 48 x 39cm. Printed title and 86 designs on 20 pochoir plates. Original publisher's cloth-backed black paper board portfolio with cloth ties, pochoir vignette and title gilt to upper board.
#40851

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