The eighteenth century was a period of great inventiveness and originality in French decorative arts and interior decoration. This book discusses in detail the creation and contents of the interiors of French aristocrats and financiers, including some that have never been photographed before. Using contemporary inventories, letters, and journals it brings to life the tastes and preoccupations of their creatorsthe Royal family, the aristocracy, the fashionable tourists, and the nouveaux riches, as well as the dealers and ...
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The eighteenth century was a period of great inventiveness and originality in French decorative arts and interior decoration. This book discusses in detail the creation and contents of the interiors of French aristocrats and financiers, including some that have never been photographed before. Using contemporary inventories, letters, and journals it brings to life the tastes and preoccupations of their creatorsthe Royal family, the aristocracy, the fashionable tourists, and the nouveaux riches, as well as the dealers and craftsmen who worked for them, the artists, designers andarchitects. In addition, it explores the wider context of the different styles of decoration, the effect upon them of changes in etiquette and social behavior, and the effect they had in turn upon the function and arrangement of rooms within the French interior.
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VG/VG. Green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering with color pictorial DJ, color illustrated end pages, 256pp, 263 illustrations, 247 in color. From the jacket--The eighteenth century was a period of great inventiveness and originality in French decorative arts and interior decoration, and its crowning achievement was the creation of the domestic interior. Using the craftsmen and skills originally brought into france from Italy and the Low Countries to serve the Sun King, French aristocrats and financiers created in their Paris Hotels and country chateaux interiors of an unprecedented elegance and sophistication. This book discusses in detail the creation and contents of many such interiors, including some that have never been photographed before. Using contemporary inventories, letters, and journals, it brings to life the tastes and preioccupations of their creators--the Royal family, the aristocracy, the fashionable tourists, and the nouveaux riches, the dealers and craftsmen who worked for them, the artists, designers, and architects, both in their public lives and more private moments. In addition it explores the wider context of the different styles of decoration, the effect upon them of changes in etiquette and social behaviour, and the effect they had in turn upon the function and arrangement of rooms within the French interior. Contents as follows: Introduction--Clientele--Designers, Guilds and Dealers--Styles and influences--The Distribution, Use and Content of Rooms--Architectural Decoration--Furniture--Gilt-Bronze--Porc Tôle and Wallpapers--Textiles--Silver--Appendices of Sources--Bibliography--Index.
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Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. 9781856690188. VG/VG-1st ed 2009 hardback, unclipped DJ, illustrated. Light crease to top front edge of jacket only, bright and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Home Decorating & Repair; ISBN: 1856690180. ISBN/EAN: 9781856690188. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092726.
