[Buttons]
Button expert Loïc Allio guides the reader through the history of the button, illustrating his text with many illustrations. Beginning with the first buttons made over 3,000 years ago, and continuing with the golden age of the button at the end of the 18th century, the 19th century, the famous artists and makers who created buttons in the 20th century (including François Hugo, Line Vautrin, Lucie Rie, Alexandre & Catherine Noll, Rhodi), and button styles from around the world.
Loïc Allio. Preface by Catherine Deneuve. Olisouelle éditions. France. 2018. First edition. Elaborately inscribed by Loïc Allio in green and gold ink across front endpaper, with heart and looping decoration. Hardback, quarto; illustrated boards; a handwritten note from the author loosely inserted. 280 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. French. 270 x 235mm. 1.6kg. 9782954633404. Very good; light shelf wear to boards, small bump to top forecorner.
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