L’art dans la parure et dans le vêtement

Blanc, Charles

Blanc, Charles. L’art Dans La Parure Et Dans Le Vêtement. Paris: Renouard, 1875. 375 pages. First Edition, First Impression.
Condition: Fine. Marbled front- and endpapers. Half binding (Leather-Paper). Most of the illustrations depict male and female hairstyles, female attire and accessories (fans, parasols), laces, brooches, necklaces and other jewellery.

SUMMARY:
The first edition of this fascinating work on society, art and style. Illustrated throughout, with numerous vignette engravings depicting hairstyles, jewellery and fasion. With half title and eratta pages. This work discusses the laws of ornamentation as well as hairstyling, clothing and jewellery in the nineteenth century. Written by Charles Blanc, a French art critic. Blanc wrote many works regarding colour and the art of design as well as a biography on Rembrandt.