FALGAYRETTES, Christiane. Supports de rêves. - Lot 300

FALGAYRETTES, Christiane. Supports de rêves. Paris, Fondation Dapper, 1989. In-4, paperback, illustrated cover with flaps. 127 pages. Numerous black and color photographic reproductions, in text and full-page. Cover slightly creased at the margins, second cover stained, foxing on the false title page and wetness at the end of the copy. Monograph devoted to objects used throughout the world as dream supports: bedsides in Pharaonic Egypt, pillows in Asian cultures, headrests in Black Africa and Oceania, etc. Presentation of 90 sculptures with functions far more complex than simply ensuring the comfort of sleep: protecting the sleeper from dangerous contacts and nocturnal spirits, encouraging the coming of dreams or serving in funerary furniture as a support-mediator in the afterlife. Satisfactory condition.