(Trade Catalogue - Garden Iron Work)    VAL D'OSNE, Société Anonyme Des Hauts-Fourneaux Et Fonderies du.   FASCICULE NO. 17; VASES, COUPES, CORBEILLES, CACHE-POTS, JARDINIERES.       Paris: (n.d ca.   1900).          Well over 500 items for interior or exterior garden ornamentation are shown in this separately issued fascicule from the successors to Barbezat & Cie. (J-P-V. André) and J-J. Ducel & Fils. André is credited with creating the industry of "la fonte d'ornement." He and his successors employed numerous contemporary artists (Mathurin Moreau, Liénard, Pradier, Carrier-Belleuse, Jacquemard, Isadore Bonheur, Delaplanche, Rouillard, Gautherin, etc.) to produce designs for their wide range of ornaments in iron, and also, in bronze. This fascicule shows a great variety of vases and jardiniers, as well as a few unusual fashions of the times such as forged aloe plants and mushroom seats. A brief history of the development of the firm is provided along with a list of medals and honors received over the years. Each item is numbered and a scale of measurement is provided.   Large quarto (34.5 x 26.2 cm); (I) + (iv) pp. text + 36 lithographed plates + 1 plate from photographs.            A near fine copy with just a small stain on the bottom cover. $160.00

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