Mario Buatta - Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration (Hardcover)

The eagerly anticipated first monograph to celebrate the fifty-years-and-counting career of decorating legend Mario Buatta. Influenced by the understated elegance of Colefax and Fowler and the doyenne of exuberant American decor, Sister Parish, Buatta reinvented the English Country House style stateside for clients such as Henry Ford II, Barbara Walters, Malcolm Forbes, and Mariah Carey, and for Blair House, the President's guest quarters. The designer is acclaimed for his sumptuous rooms that layer fine antiques, confectionary curtains, and sublime colorations, creating an atmosphere of lived-in opulence. This lavishly illustrated survey-filled with images taken for the foremost shelter magazines as well as many unpublished photographs from the designer's own archive-closely follows Buatta's highly documented career from his professional start in the 1950s working for department store B. Altman & Co. and Elisabeth Draper, Inc. to his most recent projects, which include some of the country's finest residences. Buatta shares exclusive insights into his process, his own rules for decorating, and personal stories of his adventures along the way.

General

Imprint:	Rizzoli International Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	October 2013
Authors:	Mario Buatta • Emily Evans Eerdmans
Foreword by:	Paige Rense
Dimensions:	312 x 248 x 44mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-8478-4072-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Interior design
LSN:	0-8478-4072-7
Barcode:	9780847840724

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