1927 USSR Folk Art & Handicrafts Book L. Orshansky Russian Crafts Illustrated

  
Original 1927 first edition of Khudozhestvennaya i Kustarnaya Promyshlennost SSSR ("Artistic and Handicraft Industry of the USSR") by L. Orshansky, published by the Academy of Arts in Leningrad. Richly illustrated with photographs of jewelry, toys, wood carving, lacquerware, lace, embroidery, furniture, peasant crafts and decorative arts. Publisher: Academy of Arts, Leningrad.

Text primarily in Russian with a French title page. Decorative endpapers designed by Evgeny Belukha. Print run: 2,000 copies. Format 26 x 34 cm.

A desirable reference for collectors of Russian decorative arts, Soviet design, ethnography, folk crafts and early Soviet publications. Please examine all photos carefully, as they form part of the description. Russian Folk Art, Soviet Art, USSR Book, Orshansky, Decorative Arts, Handicrafts, Peasant Art, Ethnography, Russian Crafts, Antique Book, 1927, Leningrad, Academy of Arts, Jewelry, Lacquer, Wood Carving, Lace, Textile Art, Collectible Book, Soviet History.