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Garden At Monceau (Hardcover)
Carmontelle; Edited by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Joseph Disponzio; Translated by Andrew Ayers; Introduction by Laurence Chatel de Brancion; Contributions by …
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R1,820
Discovery Miles 18 200
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Carmontelle's landmark publication, Garden at Monceau, beautifully
reproduced to show the Parisian garden's artistic and cultural
importance before the French Revolution. Originally published in
1779, Garden at Monceau is a richly illustrated presentation of the
garden Louis Carrogis, known as Carmontelle, designed on the eve of
the French Revolution for Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orleans, duc de
Chartres. With its array of architectural follies intended to
surprise and amaze the visitor, the garden was a setting for ancien
regime social life. Carmontelle's portrayal of his work in Garden
at Monceau therefore serves as an expression of a key moment in the
history of European landscape design, garden architecture, and
social history. This facsimile edition, with its English-language
text and reproductions of the original engravings, is accompanied
by essays that interpret the landscape design and examine
Carmontelle's larger career as a painter and theater producer.
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Robert Couturier - Designing Paradises (Hardcover)
Robert Couturier, Tim McKeough; Preface by Carolyne Roehm; Afterword by Caroline Weber; Photographs by Tim Street-Porter
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R1,317
R1,059
Discovery Miles 10 590
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A passion for luxury and beauty propels the multifaceted work of
acclaimed international architect and interior designer Robert
Couturier. Robert Couturier's aesthetic is a dialogue between Old
World elegance and contemporary design. His masterful approach
effortlessly brings eras together, for example a Louis XVI commode
with a 1960s lamp. Couturier's name has become synonymous with
continental and international style, and he is known for composing
adventurous rooms that have a witty flair. All his interiors extol
the importance of how a home should stimulate the five senses, from
the tactile feel of upholstery to the visual presentation of
objects that leads a person through a space. The book opens with a
tour of Couturier's country retreat in bucolic Kent, Connecticut.
Composed of neoclassical-style pavilions, early American
guesthouses, and beautiful gardens, the house features imaginative
rooms that are filled with his collections of European art,
furniture, and decorative objects. A selection of the designer's
other projects--from smart contemporary apartments to romantic
Mexican villas to a stately English manor--provides further
inspiration.
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