Art Nouveau.

With a foreword by John Canady. Gretna, Pelican Publishing Co 1976, cm.22x28,5, pp.XIV,184. legatura editoriale cartonata con sopraccoperta figurata a colori. A guide to the famous Newcomb pottery, needlework, and handicrafts. Biographies of the craftsmen are provided. The Art Nouveau crafts of the Newcomb Style are delineated in a comprehensive and authoritative history in this book entitled Louisiana s Art Nouveau: The Crafts of the Newcomb Style. The volume covers the various crafts of the Newcomb Guild of Newcomb College in New Orleans from 1895 to 1945. The widely-known Newcomb pottery, as well as the needlework, metal, and leathercrafts, jewelry, bookbinding, blockprinting, and calligraphy, are lavishily illustrated in both color and black and white photographs. Biographies of the directors, ceramists, and craftsmen along with their ciphers, are provided to enable collectors to identify and authenticate Newcomb Crafts.