Rochowanski, L.W. (editor). – Ein Führer durch das österreichische Kunstgewerbe. – Les arts decoratifs Autrichiens – Austrian applied Arts.

The ultimate source for Austrian applied arts and crafts, indispensible for research on object of porcelaine, tapestry, carpets, silk, chairs and small furniture, glass and silver products, clothing, fashion, ceramics, accessories, typography, posters and so on. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs of products throughout. The colour plates show works by Michael Powolny, Emmy Zweybrück-Prohaska, Joseph Binder and others. After the end of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and the conclusion of WW I., Vienna remained a cultural cauldron of real influence beyond. Herein is bridged late Jugendstil and a strong modernism which might be associated with Bauhaus. – This book or guide celebrates the embrace of this modernism. – Binding a bit dusty and a bit rubbed.