Examines the life and art of Madeleine Casting. Explores in-depth the elements of her style, and examines how she crafted interiors so emotive that visitors felt that they had stepped into a Balzac novel or a Proustian recollection. Her entire life and career are chronicled, from her early years in Montparnasse, the epicenter of artistic activity in Paris, to her incomparable country house L'ves and her legendary shop on rue Jacob in Paris.
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Examines the life and art of Madeleine Casting. Explores in-depth the elements of her style, and examines how she crafted interiors so emotive that visitors felt that they had stepped into a Balzac novel or a Proustian recollection. Her entire life and career are chronicled, from her early years in Montparnasse, the epicenter of artistic activity in Paris, to her incomparable country house L'ves and her legendary shop on rue Jacob in Paris.
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Very Good. Size: 10x1x12; First edition, first printing. Book is as new jacket shows very light shelf wear and front panel is sun faded. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
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Fine in Fine jacket. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Preface by Frederic Castaing. Foreword by Jacques Grange. Profusely illustrated with color photographs and some vintage black & white photos of Madeleine Castaing's interiors. One of the most reknowned interior decorators in Paris during the last century, she opened her shop on the Rue Jacob in 1957. Bibliography. 11" high X 10" wide, 272 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.