CHAMPEAUX (Alfred de). - Lot 68

CHAMPEAUX (Alfred de). Portefeuille des Arts décoratifs. Paris : Librairie des Arts décoratifs, A. Calavas, [1888-1898]. -10 folio volumes, leaves, in publisher's lace-up folder. First edition of this brilliant 10-year publication, edited by Alfred de Champeaux, director of the Bibliothèque de l'Union centrale des arts décoratifs and one of the founding members of the Musée des arts décoratifs in Paris. The aim was to popularize works of art from antiquity to the 19th century, through several hundred black photographic reproductions of masterpieces from prestigious collections such as the Louvre and Versailles. All areas of the decorative arts are represented: furnishings, jewelry, embroidery, ceramics, chasing, embossed leather, ironwork, furniture, goldsmithing, decorative painting, bookbinding, decorative sculpture, tapestry, fabrics and glassware. The set comprises 960 plates in ten portfolios. Copy in its original portfolios, complete with titles, tables and plates, which is very rare for this publication. Folders worn, first cover of volume 6 faded and stained. Sparse foxing on some text leaves. Marginal tears on the edges of some plates. Also included: - GEORGES HOENTSCHEL COLLECTIONS. Notices by André Pératé and Gaston Brière. Tome II [and III]. Paris: Librairie centrale des beaux-arts, 1908. - 2 folio volumes, leaves, in publisher's laced folder. Set of volumes 2 and 3 of the 5 that make up the catalog of the Georges Hoentschel collections acquired by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan and donated to the Metropolitan Museum in New-York. These 2 volumes cover furniture and woodwork of the 17th and 18th centuries. They contain a total of 136 plates in black and color. Flaps torn. Some scattered foxing.