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656 - Decorative Arts
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Estimate €300 - €400
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Decorative Arts Graef, Max The interior fit-out of sales premises for all branches of trade. Illustrated for the joiner’s work according to the latest and finest designs, in elegant, opulent as well as simple styles, with all manner of clarifications through sections, elevations, profiles and, in some cases, enlarged views. With 26 lithographed folio plates, some chromolithographs, based on designs by Max Graef, an interior architect in Erfurt. Weimar, Voigt, 1894. Folio. Loosely inserted into the original half-linen publisher’s portfolio, mounted with a printed title label on the front cover, with binding ribbons. (Corners bumped, spine ends slightly bumped/frayed.) Not listed in SMPG, Ornamental Pattern Books of the 19th Century. - First edition. This illustrated volume belongs to the rich tradition of late Wilhelmine arts and crafts and design reference publications, which were intended to provide practising joiners and cabinetmakers with professional sample sheets for the creation of prestigious shop fittings. It presents designs for the complete interior fit-out of retail spaces – from shop counters and shelving units to display cabinets, wall panelling and entranceway designs – ‘for all lines of business’, i.e. designed to be cross-sector, in both elegant, elaborate and simpler, more cost-effective versions. Complementing the large-format overall views, sections, elevations, profiles and detailed enlargements provide the structural specifications necessary for the craftsmanship required in the workshop. The work was published at a time when shopfitting in Germany was rapidly becoming professionalised: From the 1870s onwards, large-scale shop windows became established in city centres, and with the emergence of department stores and an expanding middle-class consumer culture, the demand for prestigious, artistically designed retail spaces rose considerably. Max Graef, who worked as an interior architect in Erfurt, specifically catered to the needs of the cabinet-making and artistic furniture sectors with a whole series of similar model works – such as *Old German and Gothic Room Furniture* (1895), ‘Carved Furniture’ (1896) and, later, ‘Art Nouveau Furniture’ – specifically met the needs of the cabinet-making and artistic furniture sectors for up-to-date templates, presented either in full scale or to scale. This publication on shopfitting forms part of this body of work and exemplifies the refined Historicist and nascent Art Nouveau tastes in German shopfitting of the 1890s, as discussed and featured on several occasions in contemporary trade journals such as the *Blätter für Architektur und Kunsthandwerk* discussed and featured on several occasions. – A fine copy. With 26 lithographed, partly chromolithographed folio plates after designs by Max Graef, an architect specialising in interior spaces in Erfurt. Weimar, Voigt, 1894. Folio. Loosely inserted in the original publisher’s half-cloth portfolio, with a printed title shield mounted on the front cover, with ties. (Corners bumped, spine ends slightly rubbed/frayed.) - Not listed in SMPG, Ornamentale Vorlagenwerke d. 19. Jahrhunderts. - First edition. This collection of plates belongs to the rich genre of late Wilhelmine decorative arts and pattern-book publications intended to provide practising joiners and building carpenters with professional model sheets for the creation of prestigious shop fittings. It presents designs for the complete interior fit-out of retail premises – from shop counters and shelving units to display cases, wall panelling and entrance designs – ‘for all branches of trade’, conceived across various sectors, in both elegant, elaborate versions and simpler, more economical ones. In addition to the large-format general views, sections, elevations, mouldings and profiles, and enlarged details provide the construction information required for craftsmen to execute the designs in the workshop. The work was published at a time when shopfitting in Germany was rapidly becoming professionalised: from the 1870s onwards, large-scale display windows became a fixture in city centres, and with the rise of department stores and an expanding bourgeois consumer culture, demand for prestigious, artistically designed retail spaces grew considerably. Max Graef, who worked as an interior architect in Erfurt, responded – through a whole series of similar pattern books, such as *Altdeutsche und gotische Zimmermöbel* (1895), ‘Geschnitzte Möbel’ (1896), and later ‘Möbel im Art Nouveau’ – specifically to the demand from the joinery and art-furniture trade for up-to-date models, illustrated either at actual size or to scale. The present publication on shop interior fitting-out forms part of this body of work and exemplifies the refined Historicist, or nascent Art Nouveau, taste in German shopfitting of the 1890s, as repeatedly discussed and advertised in contemporary trade journals such as the “Blätter für Architektur und Kunsthandwerk”. - Fine copy. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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