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The new eighteenth-century style : rediscovering a French décor / by Michèle Lalande ; photographs by Gilles Trillard.
Fine Arts Library NK2049.A1 L35 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lalande, Michèle.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interior decoration--France--History--21st century.
- Interior decoration.
- Interior decoration--France--History--18th century--Influence.
- History.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 269 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Abrams, 2006.
- Summary:
- Whoever said "Everything old is new again" could have been talking about French Pompadour Style. The flamboyant, opulent, refined aesthetic -- so characteristic of the eighteenth century -- has enjoyed a spectacular revival in recent years. In "The New Eighteenth-Century Style," journalist Michhle Lalande and photographer Gilles Trillard, both experts in the field of interior dicor, survey 30 examples of this quintessential blending of exquisite detail and ostentatious affluence. From lush velvet upholstery to the emblematic use of turquoise with gold accents, these perfectly captured interiors beguile the reader with well-worn extravagance. In an era of "shabby chic" the more refined, more pristine accents of Pompadour may be just what the world of interior dicor needs -- and this beautiful book provides an indispensable guide.
- Contents:
- A Curio Cabinet 8
- A Poetry Lesson 18
- A Retrieved Memory of a Normandy Chateau 28
- In Praise of the Lovely Anjou 42
- The Carpenter's House 50
- Gently, Subtly Allying Styles 56
- In Angers, Benedictine Nuns for Neighbors 64
- In the Palais Royal, a Little House under the Trees 72
- The Magic of Remembering 78
- A House of Artists 86
- Life in Verdigris 96
- The Eighteenth Century in Black and White 102
- In the Heart of Paris, an Atelier Revisited 108
- Outrelaise: Romance and Tradition 114
- The Ephemeral as a Way of Life 126
- An American Passion 138
- The Art of Composition 144
- The Barn Deep in the Woods 154
- Variations on the Past 160
- The Attics of Stockholm 170
- Life as an Antiques Hunter 180
- The Second Life of a Family Home 190
- The Past as a Point of Reference 198
- A Small Space and Grand Ideas 206
- A Decorator in a Haussmann Apartment 212
- A House with a Vagabond Feel 220
- The Fancies of a Learned Woman 228
- The Eighteenth Century, Free-Form 242
- Northern Lights in the Ile-de-France 252
- Exercises in Style 262.
- ISBN:
- 0810954966
- OCLC:
- 69593960
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