1930s Art Deco lighting trade catelogue

R. FREUD, Praha. Moderní osvětlovací tělesa. [Modern Lighting] Praha, [c. 1930s]. 54 loose illustrated plates, printed recto only, housed in the original printed wrappers (22 × 17 cm), opening from bottom to top as issued. Wrappers with the firm’s triangular “RF” device, printed telephone number, and title. Plates show technical line drawings of ceiling lights, wall sconces, and table lamps, each with catalogue numbers, sizes, and prices in Kč (Czechoslovak crowns). Wrappers with a ca. 5-cm tear to top hinge, some light handling wear, but contents clean and well-preserved. Most likely string bound at one time through two top punched holes. A scarce trade catalogue of modernist lighting fixtures by the Prague manufacturer R. Freud, active in the interwar period. The designs combine geometric Art Deco and Czech Functionalist aesthetics typical of the 1920s–30s, with stylized globes, tubular supports, and ornamental tassels. The catalogue documents both ceiling chandeliers and smaller domestic lamps, with prices indicating an intended middle-class market. Inv BX1