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Eighteenth century French straw-work box

Eighteenth century French straw-work box by Anon. - DECORATIVE ARTS

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
Eighteenth century French straw-work box
Author
Anon. - DECORATIVE ARTS
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Overall in very good condition with some small spots of surface wear.
Description
[France-Paris], ca1750. Overall in very good condition with some small spots of surface wear.. Oak box meas. appx. 85 x 195 x 140 mm.. The box has been covered in dyed straw marquetry. Here the application mimics the 17th century "Hungarian stitch" (a type of needlework with a colored flame-shaped pattern). The box is lined in paper, daub blotted with a blue color. Hook and eye clasp. Commencing in the late 17th century straw marquetry was manufactured in many large cities throughout Europe. The first mention of such decorative objects and furniture is in Paris in 1652. General commerce in such goods was established by the 1750s when both Chervain and Delasson had workshops in Paris producing decorative objects with straw marquetry. The straw was first dyed then split length-wise and flattened with hammer blows. The marquetry pattern was then laid out and glued to paper that was mounted directly on to the object to be covered. Color dyes were fugitive (a result of lack of penetration into the cellulose wall structure of the straw) and rapidly faded in direct sunlight. The same process was also used as a book binding decoration. See Michael Peppiatt, Architectural Digest, August, 1994; Barbara Scott, Country Life, January, 1992; see "La Marqueterie de Paille", Hôtel de Sens, Bibliotheque Forney, winter 1992.
Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road by Yates, Richard

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Revolutionary Road
Author
Yates, Richard
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1961. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book, clean and appearing unread. In a Near Fine dust jacket that is a bit faded on the spine and with one tape repair to the verso of the jacket. Despite their youthful fantasies that they are different and more original than the other couples who surround them, Frank and April Wheeler succumb to the banalities of suburban middle class life. Climbing the corporate ladder, Frank becomes increasingly detached from his wife's domestic dissatisfaction; pay raises, praise at work, and tawdry affairs with secretaries numb his pain temporarily. Meanwhile, April despairs about being trapped at home as a wife and mother; she dreams of her more creative single life and her goals of living abroad. Pushed to the brink, she and Frank make a pact to abandon the normalcy expected of their generation and run away to Paris; but an unplanned pregnancy derails them and leads their marriage to a heartbreaking end. An astounding fictional debut by Richard Yates, and a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

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