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The New French Decor: Living with Timeless Objects

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Manufacturer: Abrams Books

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The art of setting, compiling, or combining disparate objects is a difficult art. Yet it has become the chic new decorating style in France, and is now spreading throughout the world. After the success of The New Eighteenth-Century Style, journalist Michèle Lalande and photographer Gilles Trillard team up once again to showcase the most successful combinations of treasured heirlooms and contemporary design.

From precious mundane objects like seashells and glass bottles to priceless works of master craftsmanship like candelabras and carved wooden chests, The New French Décor provides insight into the blend of sophistication, symmetry, confusion, and minimalism that makes each of these rooms successful. Beautifully photographed by Trillard, these rich designs, conceived and executed by top stylists, decorators, and antiquarians, delight the eye on each page with a brilliant patchwork of old and new.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 747.0944
EAN: 9780810994591
ISBN: 0810994593
Label: Abrams Books
Manufacturer: Abrams Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2007-12-01
Publisher: Abrams Books
Studio: Abrams Books


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• French Home
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• Country French Florals & Interiors (Home Reference)
• My French Life
• Inspirations from France & Italy


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

The New French Decor living with timeless objects -
This book is beautiful cover to cover. There is so much to look at. Everytime I open this book I get loads of ideas from projects to displays. It was well worth the money spent.

Living today with timeless objects. -
I appreciated another look at the eclectic school in how to combine the old with the new. Good book.

The New French Decor:Living with Timeless Objects -
Wonderful reference book for French Decor, fabulous pictures and french inspiration for those of us who can't get enough of the French influence.

French Decorating -
Fabulous addition to their first book. Good photographs, writing and, above
all, great objects and antiques.

French Flea Market Style -
I just purchased this book as a gift for myself for Christmas. I would say that it is not for everyone who loves to decorate with French style. For some it may be "too cluttery" as it is how to do the current new design style of "assembling many disparate objects" to create a display where you have to study the whole and then its many parts to understand the composition. The book is basically photographs with short descriptions of the photo. There really is no text to the book discussing decorating techniques, etc. I would have liked to see more text to explain the details of the photos. There is no French elegance "candy" here - no gilded rooms with Louis chairs - but mostly items that you would find in flea markets in France or even things taken from trash bins. What the book does do is make you think about the vignettes you create in your own home with a different "eye". It also makes you want to take the first plane to France to scour the flea markets for unique items. I loved LaLandes book published last year better than this one on 18th Century style but they are really an extension of each other in describing this style of decor. I would say that this book helped educate my eye and provided many hours of enjoyment studying each photo. I paid full price because I was anxious to see it, but I would say that getting it at a discount would make it a great addition to your library if you truly love all things French. I find myself pulling it off the shelf to review time and time again. I'm glad I purchased the book.

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