Franois Lesage, master embroiderer, is the heir to a long artistic tradition of paying service to luxury and distinctive dress. His work embodies the changes in fashion during the twentieth century. The Lesage name is associated with the most remarkable haute couture masterpieces: from the purity of Madeleine Vionnet to the extravagant surrealism of Elsa Schiaparelli, from the perfection of Balenciaga to Karl Lagerfeld's feats for Chanel. He worked unceasingly to develop his techniques, inventing new methods, updating ...
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Franois Lesage, master embroiderer, is the heir to a long artistic tradition of paying service to luxury and distinctive dress. His work embodies the changes in fashion during the twentieth century. The Lesage name is associated with the most remarkable haute couture masterpieces: from the purity of Madeleine Vionnet to the extravagant surrealism of Elsa Schiaparelli, from the perfection of Balenciaga to Karl Lagerfeld's feats for Chanel. He worked unceasingly to develop his techniques, inventing new methods, updating materials and adapting his savoir-faire to the needs of the period, exalting the style of each couturier with whom he worked.
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Seller's Description:
Near fine in near fine jacket. Gilt stamped black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in color. Book has handsome boards showing hint of soil to boards, tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ has hint of wear.
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards with minor fading; The textblock edges are unblemished; Couple of small blemishes to the endpapers, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 0.7 lbs; White and gold jacket with title in black lettering; 2000, The Vendome Press; 80 pages; "Lesage (Universe of Fashion), " by Lydia Kamistis.
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Good in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, but has age-related yellowing to the spine area, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Moderate wear to the boards; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Excellent binding with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); White and gold jacket with title in black lettering; 2000, The Vendome Press; 80 pages; "Lesage (Universe of Fashion), " by Lydia Kamistis.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); White and gold jacket with title in black lettering; 2000, The Vendome Press; 80 pages; "Lesage (Universe of Fashion), " by Lydia Kamistis.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Unmarked boards with "straight" edge-corners; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are bright and unmarked; Excellent binding; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); White and gold jacket with title in black lettering; 2000, The Vendome Press; 80 pages; "Lesage (Universe of Fashion), " by Lydia Kamistis.
