Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade

San Francisco and New York: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco-Legion of Honor; DelMonico Books, 2017. Cloth, 295 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 30 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Saint Louis Art Museum, February 12 to May 7, 2017; and Legion of Honor, San Francisco, June 24 to September 24, 2017. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Though best known for his depictions of dancers and bathers, Edgar Degas repeatedly returned to the subject of millinery over the course of three decades. In masterpieces such as The Millinery Shop (1879-86) and The Milliners (ca. 1898), he captured scenes of milliners fashioning and women wearing elaborate, colorful hats. Featuring sumptuous paintings, pastels, and preparatory drawings by Degas, Cassatt, Manet, Renoir, and Toulouse-Lautrec, among others, this generously illustrated book surveys the millinery industry of 19th-century Paris. Peppered throughout with photographs, posters, and prints of French hats, this book includes essays that explore Degas's particular interest in the millinery trade; the tension between modern fashion and reverence for history and the grand art-historical tradition; a chronicle of Parisian milliners from Caroline Reboux to Coco Chanel; and examples of how the millinery trade is depicted in literature. Brilliantly linking together the worlds of industry, art, and fashion, this groundbreaking book examines the fundamental role of hats and hat-makers in 19th-century culture." - Publisher. CONTENTS: "Silk and feather, satin and straw": Degas, women, and the Paris millinery trade, by Simon Kelly; The milliners of Paris, 1870-1910, by Franc oise Te tart-Vittu; The modiste's palette and the artist's hat, by Susan Hiner; Degas, millinery, and the grand tradition, by Esther Bell; Catalogue; Chronology, by Abigail Yoder.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.