Adrien Dalpayrat

This volume offers a wide-ranging look at the life and output of Adrien Dalpayrat, a French ceramicist whose work was highly esteemed in France during the late nineteenth century. He did not gain wide acclaim until he was 45, the year he unveiled the oxblood glazes that became his signature. His stoneware took many shapes, from gourd-like vessels to imaginative sea creatures. Museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée d'Orsay, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Cooper-Hewitt hold examples of his work, as do private collectors around the world.

The book presents a selection from the collection of architect Peter Marino, with 270 colour illustrations printed large. It opens with a foreword by Marino and includes essays by curator Etienne Tornier, followed by an extensive section of plates devoted to Dalpayrat's pieces. Its size and layout match Marino's earlier book on Théodore Deck, so the two can be shelved together.