*Back in print* In this classic book, readers can experience a grand tour through the history of interiors and interior design by viewing thirty-four spectacular period rooms in the Metropolitan Museum. From an ancient Roman bedroom excavated near Pompeii to a Louis XVI grand salon from eighteenth-century Paris to the Frank Lloyd Wright Room in the American Wing, these popular galleries can now be viewed at all times through the book's beautiful color photographs and accessible explanatory text. (This title was originally ...
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*Back in print* In this classic book, readers can experience a grand tour through the history of interiors and interior design by viewing thirty-four spectacular period rooms in the Metropolitan Museum. From an ancient Roman bedroom excavated near Pompeii to a Louis XVI grand salon from eighteenth-century Paris to the Frank Lloyd Wright Room in the American Wing, these popular galleries can now be viewed at all times through the book's beautiful color photographs and accessible explanatory text. (This title was originally published in 1996/97.) Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Publisher:
Metropolitan Museum of Art :: H.N. Abrams
Published:
1996
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18083522193
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Publisher:
Metropolitan Museum of Art :: H.N. Abrams
Published:
1996
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16771627140
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289 illustrations including 219 plates in full color, 312pp., 4to, cloth, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1996). Near fine.
Publisher:
Metropolitan Museum of Art :: H.N. Abrams
Published:
06/1996
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16772523274
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Like New. Size: 12x9x1; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art :: H.N. Abrams
Published:
1996
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17967470456
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VG+/VG+ Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine, glossy color illustrted dust jacket, 312 pp. 70 bw, 219 color plates. Superb examples of interior design through the ages are on view in the period rooms at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From an ancient Roman bedroom excavated near Pompeii to a Louis XVI grand salon from eighteenth-century Paris to the Frank Lloyd Wright Room in the American Wing, these popular exhibition galleries can now be seen for the first time in book form. Thirty-four spectacular installations-some actual rooms taken from historic buildings and some. Recreations intended to show related works of decorative art in an authentic setting-offer a beautifully photographed grand tour through the history of interiors. From a twelfth-century cloister from the Pyrenees to eighteenth-century French and English parlors and boudoirs to Colonial and early nineteenth-century American dining rooms and libraries, the Metropolitan's collection of period rooms offers a wealth of fine furniture and decorative elements. An introduction. By Museum director Philippe de Montebello explains the concept of period rooms at the Museum and how they have been developed, installed, and furnished over the past hundred years. Then, each room is depicted both in color photographs taken especially for this book and in lively narrative descriptions that include fascinating information about the original room from which the Museum's example is derived, the individuals who commissioned and carried out the decoration, And the era that the room represents. Supplementing the stunning photographs of the rooms are historical photographs and engravings and close-up shots of selected ornaments and pieces of furniture, enabling the reader to see details that are often inaccessible to Museum visitors.
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Like New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.