Jul 30, 2020 - Sale 2543

Sale 2543 - Lot 423

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(DESIGN / ART DECO / SIROONI.) Collection of original Art Deco designs for wallpaper, textiles and gift wrapping. 178 original brightly colored gouache and pochoir designs, mounted on original stock embossed and stamped with the company seal. Designs vary in size from 3x3 to 6x6 1/2 inches on average; mounts are 11-8 inches and hole-punched to fit into 2 modern plain red cloth binders; occasional glue bleed-through and a few scant surface imperfections, but mostly fine. Produced primarily in France by commission of the A. Sirooni Company of New York City. New York: A. Sirooni, Inc., circa 1920-50

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These beautiful graphic designs, reflecting primarily French and Japanese influences of the day, were preliminary studies and models for the screens used in printing fine patterned silks and decorative papers. One album is comprised of 100 variations on stripes, and the other contains 78 circular, square, or rectangular abstract, floral, and geometric designs.