Descrizione

Schneider, by E. Mannoni, Ed. Ch. Massin, 9-½ inches x 13 inches ( 24.5 cm x 32.5 cm ), hardcover book with 192 full color pages - French/English edition

This is a hardcover book with 192 full color pages that contains more than 300 color illustrations.
This book includes the marks and signatures of Schneider and a hundred reprint of original designs and color of the 1920'
Covering the Art Nouveau and the Art Deco period, this gorgeous book relates the relationship between
Charles Schneider and both Emile Gallé and Daum from Nancy.

Contents:

• foreword by Jean-Charles Schneider
• In Gallé's reflected glory
• The Schneiders at Daum
• Charles and official art
• The brothers seize their chance
• Financial difficulties
• Recollections and documents
• The beautiful black-footed boards
• The Bijou pieces
• Gaston Hoffmann's designs
• Mysteries of the early years
• Overlays
• Blackthorms and Poppies
• Lava and volcanic ash
• Setting fire to the powders
• 1923 : Jades and freedom
• Threaded pieces
• The record becomes clearer
• Intercalary decoration
• Flowers and fruit
• Wrought iron
• Bubbles trapped in glass
• The firm prospers
• Gettind ready for the fair
• The Schneiders' contributions
• The official report
• Degué and his plagiarisms
• An architect of light
• Pearls and diamonds
• Mat surfaces, frosing and deep furrows
• A sculptor again
• The Great Depression
• A new era in glassmaking
• Charles Jr. picks up the torch
• The rediscovery
• Signatures

The texts by Edith Mannoni are written both in English and in French with a foreword by Jean-Charles Schneider.