Moderne: Fashioning the French Interior by Sarah Schleuning, First Edition

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Moderne: Fashioning the French Interior by Sarah Schleuning, First Edition

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Moderne: Fashioning the French Interior by Sarah Schleuning. Miami / NY: Wolfsonian / Princeton Architectural Press, Date: 2007. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. Jacques- Mile Ruhlmann, Pierre Chareau, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Charlotte Perriand, Eileen Gray: together these designers and their contemporaries pioneered the look of the modern French interior during the 1920s. Their use of sumptuous materials, rich jewel tones, intricate geometric patterns, and complex and varied textures has made this work a lasting favorite among interior designers, architects, and their clients. When it first appeared, the go to moderne, or modern taste, was marketed through limited-edition portfolios containing unbound drawings, printed in full color using a traditional process called 'pochoir'. Created in an era before color photography, the vivid gouache and watercolor depictions of interior spaces, complete with coordinated furniture, carpets, fabrics, and decorative accessories announced the dawn of a new era of French design and set the standards of luxury and taste that still guides us today. Moderne presents the finest examples of this work in more than 200 plates, selected by Sarah Schleuning, a curator of the Wolfsonian Museum, and faithfully reproduced to preserve their original color palettes. This book is comprehensive in scope, beginning with the early art moderne of Ruhlmann and concluding with the avant-garde work of Gray and Perriand. These and other high-water marks of the period are discussed in an essay by historian Jeremy Aynsley. Designers' biographies and a brief bibliography are also included, making this a resource for interior designers and architects, and an indispensable reference. NPT Books, a division of Trent Antiques, has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on first editions, signed and limited editions.

Dimensions:
Height: 12.25 in (31.12 cm)Width: 9.25 in (23.5 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
2000-2009
Date of Manufacture:
2008
Condition:
appears un-read, cover has edge dents.
Seller Location:
valatie, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: NP-1449-1st1stDibs: LU2605122011702