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Design for a Yellow Book Cover, 1894-1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley

Design for a Yellow Book Cover, 1894-1895. A woman holding a muff looks at a pile of books: Story of Venus and Tannhauser, Discords, Shakespeare, The Yellow Book, Dickens. This design was not used'. From "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

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Mr. J. C. Pritchards sitting-room in the Isokon Lawn Road Flats, 1936

Mr. J. C. Pritchard's sitting-room in the Isokon Lawn Road Flats, London, England, designed by Wells Coates, 1936. Walls in panelled Venesta birch, carpet by Heal & Son Ltd, electric heating unit designed by Wells Coates. Adjustable bookshelves of birch, rubber plant on stand of aluminium alloy, designed by Marcel Breuer, sofa-bed designed by Alvar Aalto with fabric designed by Otti Berger. Berger and Breuer were pupils at the Bauhaus under Walter Gropius. Velvet curtains by John Lewis & co, London. The Isokon building opened in 1934 as an experiment in minimalist urban living. Most of the flats had very small kitchens as there was a large communal kitchen for the preparation of meals. From Decorative Art 1936 - Year-Book of The Studio, by C.G. Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1936]

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Some Staple Authors Sleeping on their Shelves, 1926

Some Staple Authors Sleeping on their Shelves, 1926. College Library is a rare book and manuscript library of international importance. Established soon after the foundation of Eton college in 1440 , it houses books of immense cultural value, including a Gutenberg Bible and pages from the manuscript of Darwin's Origin of Species. From Eton College by Christopher Hussey. [Country Life, London, 1926]

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