Search Results: The French Interior In the Eighteenth Century by John Whitehead

London: Laurence King, 1992. Hardbound. 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… Read More

New York: Dutton Studio Books, 1993. First printing (stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to corners, pale soiling to fore-edges and rear DJ, exceedingly gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, sunned DJ spine, extremely gentle rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, exceedingly mild rubbing to DJ corners, else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ./near fine. Folio in black color illus DJ, blue spine, 256 pages, chiefly color illustrations (some b&w), 30 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Contents: Introduction -- Clientele -- Designers, Guilds and Dealers -- Styles and influences -- The Distribution, Use and Content of Rooms -- Architectural Decoration -- Furniture -- Gilt-Bronze -- Porcelain -- Lacquer, Tôle and Wallpapers -- Textiles -- Silver -- Appendices -- Citation of Sources -- Bibliography -- Index. Decorative arts -- France -- History -- 18th century. || **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**.

Laurence King Publishing, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 256 pages. Hardcover. Text in English. Some of the corners of the boards are lightly bumped, with some minimal shelfwear to the edges of both the boards and dustjacket. There is a bit of faint rubbing to the dustjacket. Still, the binding is tight, with no observed markings to the interior. Beautifully photographed with excellent scholarship..