Members DebHop Posted October 8, 2018 Members Report Posted October 8, 2018 Free vintage pattern book: Le Cuir. Compositions Decoratives – author Jehan Raymond (published in 1908) pattern book has some wonderful and unique Art Nouveau designs for leather work - pocket cases and wallets, cigarette boxes, bindings, calendars, music portfolios etc. The descriptions are written in French. This is a PDF (240MB) on Google drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Lc95mJPz-dwGupVhW2XmYGis4D5fcvpz A few of us are fortunate enough to own a hard copy of this treasure, I searched for 2 years to find my mine (and paid dearly for it). Now, because of its age; it was added to Public Domain in 2016. *This book is very rare, some copies are preserved and archived in some museums - MET. I hope you find these awesome patterns and illustrations useful. Big thanks to Letter T for condensing the PDF, Nuttish, Chirsash, and Buttermutt07 for testing the link on multiple platforms. P.S. Source files are in the Library of Congress - National Archives site. Enjoy, Deb Quote
Members Sheilajeanne Posted October 9, 2018 Members Report Posted October 9, 2018 There are some awesome designs in that book! Quote
mikesc Posted October 9, 2018 Report Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) It is also available here , has been since May 2016https://archive.org/details/LeCuirCompositionsDecoratives In various formats..including pdf.. Two versions ..Hi-Res and Low-res are in the same zip file pdf..size of the zip file is 408 MB the Hi-Res is readable..but a bit blurry on some pages..appears to be the same scan as DebHop's.. ps..If you like that Art Nouveau style..you should look up "Alfons ( Alphonse) Mucha"..major exhibition of his work ATM in Paris.. and also Aubrey Beardsley..( much of Beardsley's work is NSFW ).. Edited October 9, 2018 by mikesc Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Members Alisdair Posted October 9, 2018 Members Report Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) That's awesome, thanks! Now I "just" need to find the skills to reproduce some of these on leather! Any of you willing to show your work? Edited October 9, 2018 by Alisdair Quote
ABHandmade Posted October 9, 2018 Report Posted October 9, 2018 6 hours ago, mikesc said: It is also available here , has been since May 2016https://archive.org/details/LeCuirCompositionsDecoratives In various formats..including pdf.. Two versions ..Hi-Res and Low-res are in the same zip file pdf..size of the zip file is 408 MB the Hi-Res is readable..but a bit blurry on some pages..appears to be the same scan as DebHop's.. ps..If you like that Art Nouveau style..you should look up "Alfons ( Alphonse) Mucha"..major exhibition of his work ATM in Paris.. and also Aubrey Beardsley..( much of Beardsley's work is NSFW ).. Thank you, Mike! Quote
Members jimi Posted October 9, 2018 Members Report Posted October 9, 2018 Thanks very much.. What a relief not to see Sheridan.... Quote
Members LetterT Posted October 10, 2018 Members Report Posted October 10, 2018 On 10/9/2018 at 4:57 AM, mikesc said: ps..If you like that Art Nouveau style..you should look up "Alfons ( Alphonse) Mucha"..major exhibition of his work ATM in Paris.. This brings back memories, I have visited the Mucha museum in Prague long time ago... at least it feels a long time ago. Wonderful place, as the city itself. Quote
Sandy Robbins Posted October 17, 2018 Report Posted October 17, 2018 Thank you so much! I have been trying to find this book. Can't wait to go through it. Thanks again! Sandy Quote Sandy
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