"The Wood Engravings Of Joan Hassall" 1981 Vogue Daché's hats cost upwards of

Daché's hats cost upwards of $20 at a time when a hat could be bought or just a few dollars

but that was cut short by World War I and the end of the Habsburg monarchy

Provenance: Ex-Libris George Cukor (bookplate)

including mating

"The Wood Engravings Of Joan Hassall" 1981 Vogue Daché's hats cost upwards ofw 188 platesSchocken Books19817 1 4" x 5 1 4"Joan Hassall OBE (3 March 1906 6 March 1988) was a wood engraver and book illustrator. Her subject matter ranged from natural history through poetry to illustrations for English literary classics. In 1972 she was elected the first woman Master of the Art Workers' Guild and in 1987 was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire).