Osterreichisches Kunstgewerbe [Austrian Applied Arts]

One-volume survey of "Austrian Applied Arts", primarily Secession, with an introduction by Josef Hoffmann. Published in 1930 by Heinz & Co. Organized by type: ceramics, metal, textiles, furniture, glass, lighting, graphics, etc and lavishly illustrated in color and black and white. Features work by a who's who of the Wiener Werkstätte including Michael Powolny, Lucie Rie-Gomperz, Vally Wieselthier, Josef Hoffmann, Alfred Soulek, and Karl Hagenauer, along with a host of lesser-known figures. A small volume but packed with visual information. Scarce. Slightest lean to spine, with some bowing to front board. Rubbing and soiling to boards, with minor chipping to spine ends, and foxing to top corner of front board. Bumping and fraying to bottom edge of rear board. In a protective mylar cover.