-A monograph on a pivotal fifties interior designer, considered one of the most talented and inspired designers of his generation, whose work generated an unrivalled atmosphere in the grand classical style -This book reconstructs Georges Geffroy's interior design projects with the greatest possible accuracy -Generously illustrated throughout with many hitherto unseen images and supported by comprehensive appendices A pivotal figure of 1950s Caf??? Society, Georges Geffroy was venerated in his lifetime as an oracle of grand ...
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-A monograph on a pivotal fifties interior designer, considered one of the most talented and inspired designers of his generation, whose work generated an unrivalled atmosphere in the grand classical style -This book reconstructs Georges Geffroy's interior design projects with the greatest possible accuracy -Generously illustrated throughout with many hitherto unseen images and supported by comprehensive appendices A pivotal figure of 1950s Caf??? Society, Georges Geffroy was venerated in his lifetime as an oracle of grand classical interior design - but this was a classicism revisited, purified and stripped back to its quintessence, far removed from any notion of pastiche. Geffroy's loyal client list featured a 'who's who' of the great names of the time, for whom he created interior designs of supreme refinement. He complemented his decorative schemes with objets and furniture from his favourite period, the late eighteenth century, selected with a famously unerring eye from the most distinguished antique dealers of the time, and draped them with silks chosen with his unique flair for colour. Every detail of his compositions spoke eloquently of his incessant quest for perfection. Declaring his unbounded admiration for the work of Christian B???rard, Geffroy designed celebrated interiors for Christian Dior, a friend from his youth, as well as for the great beauties of the age, goddesses of elegance such as Daisy Fellowes and Gloria Guinness, and icons of taste including Charles de Beistegui, Alexis de Red??? at the H???tel Lambert, and Arturo Lopez in his Neuilly mansion and on his legendary yacht. At the end of his life he crowned his career with his exceptional designs for the great art patron and collector Antenor Patino, a final project that allowed him to showcase his remarkable gifts once more. This book reconstructs Georges Geffroy's interior design projects with the greatest possible accuracy, thanks notably to previously unpublished archive documents and to the valuable contribution of Hubert de Givenchy, one of his most fervent admirers. Generously illustrated throughout with many hitherto unseen images and supported by comprehensive appendices, this is an essential volume for anyone interested in the history of taste, as well as for connoisseurs of architecture and interior design. Text in French.
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Fine. This is a fine hardcover copy bound in black illustrated boards, without dust jacket, as issued, with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in FRENCH. Georges Geffroy (1905-1971) was a very well known interior designer who provided his wealthy clients with the finest 18th century room settings available. Long established in his shop on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris from the 1940's through the 1960's he worked with patrons like Charles de Beisteguy, Alexis du Rede with his Hotel Lambert, Christian Dior, Daisy Fellowes, Gloria Guiness, etc. Illustrated in both color and black & white with many vintage photographs of his much admired interiors. Also a number of his drawings and sketches are included. The text is arranged chronologically client by client from Marcel Rochas in the mid 1940's to Pierre David-Weill and Philippe and Denyse Durand-Ruel in the late 1960's. Over two dozen commissions. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 239 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Add this copy of Georges Geffroy, 1905-1971: Une Legende Du Grand Decor to cart. $175.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Editions Gourcuff-Gradenigo.
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VG (light scuffing to boards. Pages are very clean. ) Black and white illustrated boards with white lettering, color illustration on rear; color illustrated flyleaves; 239 pp; profuse color and bw illustrations, plans and portraits. Text in French. Publisher's description: "A key figure in the Café society of the 1950s, Geffroy was considered during his lifetime as a true oracle of the great classical decor, but a revisited classic, refined to its very essence, far from any pastiche. He had as customers and faithful a a host of great names, for whom he developed sets of supreme refinement, going so far as to choose, with an infallible and famous eye, the objects and furniture of his favorite period, the very end of the 18th century, at the greatest antique dealers of the time, to adorn in the smallest detail his compositions which included numerous silks, with a unique sense of color, thus seeking perfection." Contents include: Jeunesse et débuts--Bals--Marcel Rochas--Duff et Diana Cooper--Alexis de Redé--Arturo Lopez-Willshaw--Daisy Fellowes--Gloria et Loel Guinness--Christian Dior--Nicole de Montesquiou--Guillaume et Dale de Bonchamps--Walter et et Elizinha Moreira Salles--Georges Litman--Pierre David-Wei11--Philippe et Denyse Durand-ruel--Autres chantiers--Charles de Beistegui--Maurice Rheims--Pamela Churchill--Armand et Lydie de Pomereu--James H. Douglas--Palmyre Béglarian--Alain Delon--Mme André Ruef, née Gisèle Béghin--Mme Descamps-Béghin--Robert Ricci--Edouard de Lobkowicz--Jacques Kugel--Le dernier grand chantier: Antenor Patino--L'appartement de Georges Geffroy, rue de Rivoli--Modèles, proches, suiveurs.
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