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Billy Baldwin Decorates - A Book of Practical Decorating Ideas by Billy Baldwin
Published by Chartwell Books, 1972 1st Edition. Hardback in dustjacket.
Rare book by the legendary interior designer and the most authoritative book ever written on interior decoration. Chapters include: Taste and Logic in Decorating; Rooms to Live in; How to Work with a Decorator; The Bones of a Beautiful Room; Decorating for How and Where You Live; Your Own Personal Stamp; The Big Question of Change.
Though his aesthetic emotions were from time to time stirred by things Continental. In general he didn't like the lavishness of baroque and rococo and instead favoured classicism, mixed with the clean-cut contemporary style of the day which he in turn he influenced with his designs and interiors.
Among his early influences were Frances Elkins, perhaps the most sophisticated decorator of her day, and Jean-Michel Frank, whom he described categorically as "the last genius of French furniture."
Above all, it was American. "We can recognize and give credit where credit is due, to the debt of taste we owe Europe, but we have taste, too," he declared. He would live to see his own name become a byword for exemplary American design.
221pp. 108 pages of illustrations, 72 in full color.
- Dimensions:Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 9.85 in (25 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1972
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2102324981172
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