[Trade Catalogue - Goldbrokat]
Goldbrokat. Neuheiten 1936. Marke "Exzellenz".
Europe (Germany, Austria, or Switzerland), 1936. Oblong folio (17.6 x 23.0 cm). 129 samples; all gilt-printed with additional colour printing. Marbled softcover. Front cover with gilt title. Bound with brass fasteners.
A very well-preserved paper catalogue, with a large variety in fabulous designs, often in beautiful Art Deco style, printed with gold, or silver. Probably meant as wallpaper, or for packaging high-end luxury goods. A similar catalogue, if not a pendant, titled Diamantbrokat is present in the collection of the Met (Metropolitan Museum of New York). Provenance: a pre WWII firm, Handelsmaatschappij S. Cohen, in Rotterdam, written on the front cover. Number written in blue pencil on the front wrapper; internally clean. Very rare. No copies on the internet, no auction records, not mentioned in OCLC.