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La decoration primitive : Afrique : quarante-deux planches accompagnées d'une préface et d'une table descriptive / P.-C. Lepage

Lepage, P.-C · 1922 · Paris : Librarie des arts décoratifs, · 53 pictures

A 1922 Paris plate book by P.-C. Lepage, published by the Librairie des arts décoratifs, presenting African decorative art for a design-minded audience. The four photographed pictures show carved wooden hair combs, with openwork handles, geometric incised patterns, and tapering teeth photographed against plain backgrounds, offering a designer ready-made motifs such as chevrons, zigzags, diamonds, and interlaced bands.

Art, African · Decoration and ornament -- Africa

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