Japanese Flower Arrangement for Modern Homes Book, 1937

Japanese Flower Arrangement for Modern Homes by Margaret Preininger. Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1937. First Edition, second printing.

A wonderful vintage book on Ikebana with stunning black and white photos. 38 important arrangements are thoroughly described and illustrated.
From the book, “The art of arranging flowers is founded on a re-creation, more or less conventional, of floral growth, and bases its precepts on line, rhythm and color. Westerners, in this art, have always emphasized mass and color, devoting their attention mainly to the blossoms, while the Japanese have developed their act to include stems and leave and flowers, showing the whole character of the plant, and achieving dynamic compositions rather than studies in still life”…

The book has many illustrations and diagrams to go along with the text and photos.
Beautiful, white paper boards. Deckled pages are not numbered.

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