Art Deco and Modernist Carpets
Susan Day
Preface by Yves Mikaeloff
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This is a visual feast, of appeal not only to carpet collectors and textile specialists but to anyone with an interest in 20th-century design.
| ‘An impressive achievement. Carefully researched and scholarly, it is clearly structured and lucidly written, which makes for a highly enjoyable read’ | | – Crafts 03 |
Art Deco and Modernist Carpets ranges through the supremely imaginative achievements of Paul Poiret’s unique weaving studio, the Ecole Martine, the designs of Sonia Delaunay, Eileen Gray and Jean Lurçat, the Scandinavian folk traditions of Märta Måås-Fjetterström, limited editions of rugs woven from works by such artists as Picasso, Klee and Miró, the innovations of Frank Lloyd Wright and Donald Deskey in the USA and Gunta Stölzl’s handwoven carpets in Germany.
Susan Day’s exceptional book, a work of original scholarship accompanied throughout by spectacular illustrations both of the carpets themselves and of contemporary interiors, demonstrates that these Art Deco carpets have lost none of their decorative power. A significant number of the carpets are shown precisely as they were meant to be seen, within the rooms for which they were made.
The book’s invaluable reference section includes detailed information on artists, manufacturers and retailers, their signatures and monograms, and a glossary and bibliography.
Also of interest:
Great Carpets of the World
Sonia Delaunay Fashion and Fabrics
Art Deco and Modernist Ceramics
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500510814 | | ISBN-13 978-0500510810 | | | | 32.0 x 24.0 cm | | Hardback | | 224pp | | 250 illustrations, 149 in colour | | First published 2002 | | | | £32.00 | | | |  | | | | 
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