La Guirlande. Album mensuel d'Art et de Litterature 1919-1921. 11 issues, all published.

Paris: La Guirlande, 1917. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Complete set of this rare and highly decorative art deco periodical. Eleven issues (all published) bound in two volumes. 59 pochoir colored plates by renowned illustration artists Georges Barbier, Umberto Brunelleschi, Taquoy, Vallee, Bonotte, Domergue, Wegener, Stab and others. Most pages with in-text color illustrations including head- and tail-pieces. All eleven original printed wrappers with colored and silver design by Brunelleschi are included. Brunelleschi was the artistic director of the short lived but significant La Guirlande. Jean Hermanovits was the literary director. Jean Saude, one of the foremost artists to explore and promote pochoir techniques, was responsible for the brilliant pochoir coloring. Texts by Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, Rene Boylesve, Jean Hermanovits, Abel Hermant and others. Each issue numbered 79 of a total edition of 800 copies. Both Barbier and Brunelleschi at that time were at the top of their artistic prowess and their beautiful illustrations in La Guirlande reflect their talents. Includes duplicate of 'L'Heure du Bain' as stated in Colas. Each issue complete with mostly illustrated advertisements of 'Maisons de luxe'. Bound in two volumes, half calf with raised bands and patterned boards, matching patterned endpapers and gilt titles on spine. Top edges gilt. Besides the inevitable offsetting from the pochoirs this is a very fine, complete set of all issues published. No marks or inscriptions, no foxing. 28 x 20 cm. .