"Dufrêne (mauritius). Furniture Sets, International Exhibition 1925—3 Albums"
DUFRÊNE (Mauritius). Furniture sets. International Exhibition 1925. Paris: Charles Moreau, [1926]. —3 folio albums, 450x325: (4 ff.), 32 plates; (2 ff.), 32 plates; (2 ff.), 32 plates. In sheets, under cardboard folder with blue canvas back, printed and laced. First edition of this complete series of three albums published by the cabinetmaker, interior designer and decorator Maurice Dufrêne (1876-1955). They are devoted to the furniture sets presented at the Decorative Arts Exhibition of 1925. Each volume forms a series comprising 32 photographic plates. There are reproduced a total of 110 interiors by the greatest decorators and architects of the Art Deco era such as Lucie Renaudot, André Fréchet, Georges Bourgeois, Philippe Wolfers, Léon Jallot, René Crevel, Jacques-Émile Ruhlman, René Lalique, Majorelle , Louis Süe, André Mare, Paul Poiret, etc. The text sheets are decorated with black and blue compositions by Maurice Dufrêne.