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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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Flowers (Hardcover)
Carolyne Roehm
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R2,295
R1,790
Discovery Miles 17 900
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Carolyne Roehm shares her passion for flowers in hundreds of
exquisite photographs. Inspired by Irving Penn's iconic 'Flowers',
Carolyne has carefully photographed close-ups of her gorgeous
blooms and paired them with images of her arrangements, table
settings, and her abundant gardens at Weatherstone, her
18th-century Connecticut estate.
Carolyne Roehm's bestselling books have been a source of
inspiration, pleasure, and education for thousands of readers. Now
for the first time she shares her life story, from her small-town
Missouri childhood to her New York fashion career that began with
Oscar de la Renta, to her role as an author and tastemaker. There
are the influential figures from her past, including: her
grandmother, who sewed beautifully and ran a successful shop; her
mother, who taught her that women need clothes to suit the many
roles they have to play; her mentor, Oscar de la Renta, from whom
she learned the fashion business. Roehm tells the story of
launching, running, and ultimately closing her own fashion line,
and her subsequent reinvention through books, gardening,
entertaining, and decor. Through it all she shows how the constant
threads of character and creativity, and a passion for nature,
colour, quality, and classicism can inform your work, style, and
life.
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