Hardcover. 1st Edition. LEIDELMEIJER (Frans), ELIENS (Titus M), GROOT (Marjan): DUTCH DECORATIVE ARTS, 1880-1940. New York: Battledore Ltd, 1997. Large 4to, 255pp; red boards with printed pictorial dust-jacket. Profusely illustrated with 150 color and 75 black and white photographs by highly acclaimed Dutch photographers Eric and Petra Hesmerg. Published to coincide with a retrospective exhibition at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum in April 1997, this is the first comprehensive study in English of Dutch Decorative Arts from 1880 to 1940, covering some very innovative and influential styles and movements in the applied arts. Coordinated by Frans Leidelmeijer, the leading proponent and specialist in Dutch decorative arts. The book features essays by important national museum curators, well-established scholars and researchers in the field, covering Nieuwe Kunst [Art Nouveau], Amsterdam School, De Stijl and various historical and ethnic influences, and regional arts and crafts, trends foreshadowing Modern Design. With a comprehensive biographical dictionary and lexicon listing movements, factories and individual artists and craftsmen - including prominent personages in various disciplines from T A C Colenbrander, H P Berlage, Michel de Klerk, Tho van Doesburg, Gerrit Rietveld, among others; and the factories Rozenburg and South Holland's Gouda.