French Edition. Jean Royère was one of the leading figures of French twentieth-century decorative arts. While absorbing the zeitgeist, and riffing on the modernist vocabulary, his sense of proportion, texture and colour twisted and turned the common into something original and theretofore unseen. His style absorbed the spirit of the times, creatively playing with modernist principles. Some chipping on the DJ at head and a small abrasion on the front cover.