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Jacques Garcia Decorating In The French Style Hardcover Book by Franck Ferrand 1999. Jacques Garcia Decorating In The French Style, is a reference in term of French Decoration Style.Pubished in 2005, this version is the Original publication which was later modified.After designing private interiors for distinguished clients worldwide, Jacques Garcia subsequently set about decorating some of the most popar establishments in Paris - from the Hotel Costes, the Laduree tearoom on the Champs Elysees and the new Fouquet's, to the brasserie La Grande Armee and L'Avenue. But his masterpiece is the Norman chateau Le Champ de Bataille, in which every detail contributes to the formation of a new style: the Garcia style.Jacques Garcia is one of the most fashionable interior designers in France today. Parisians flock to the tables of the exclusive Hotel Costes he designed near the place Vendome, and the famous tea room Laduree on the Champs Elysees to dine and be seen in his elegant and atmospheric fin-de-siecle salons. Garcia counts among his private clients royalty, actors, piticians and businessmen from New York to Beirut, but he is just as much at home refurbishing museums (musee Carnavalet, musee de la Vie Romantique) and palace hotels and casinos in Deauville or Baden-Baden. Neoclassicism, Orientalism and Empire Revival are his decorative landmarks. In deliberate opposition to the post-modern spaces designed by wunderkind Philippe Starck in the early 90s, Garcia is passionate about the past, but his is not a dry historicism. He is a master at mixing texture, pattern and cor. His re-created rooms seem to bear the traces of generations, but are in fact the product of his inspired and irreverent imagination and attention to detail. The magnificent, ongoing restauration and decoration of his Normandy chateau, Champs de Bataille, attracts visitors from the world over and is a monument to his art and creativity.Stunningly illustrated, this sumptuous vume will appeal to anyone interested in interior decoration and provides a privileged look into the exclusive world of French elegance and style.In mid-career, Jacques Garcia invites us to explore an oeuvre in continuous development in which the marvels of the past have been revisited with an eye to the present. A magician of mood, Garcia is expert at keeping spectators spellbound.Here, extensively illustrated, is the first work entirely devoted to this outstanding interior designer. In it we share the joys to be derived from a certain art of living a la francaise, in the timeless tradition of the "grand style". A thirty-year career has made Jacques Garcia a worldwide name in interior design in the French tradition. In Paris, chic crowds flock to his celebrated Hétel Costes and Ladurée tearoom, and to his many fin de siécle brasseries. Garcia's designs also grace the interiors of the Musée Carnavalet and the Musée de la Vie Romantique and his most recent tour de force is the restoration of Paris Hotel Mansart. Garcia's most ambitious project to date, the refurbishment of the Chateau du Champ...

From the Far West Carpets and Textiles of Morocco Fiske, Patricia L. and Pickering, W. Russell and Yohe, Ralph S. in black cloth covered board ...

Baroque and Rococo Architecture and Decoration Book by Alastair Laing, Anthony Blunt, and Christopher Ernest Tadgell. A study of a period in art ...

French Painting Hardcover collectible art book by Charles Stuckey– January 1, 1997 by Charles Stuckey (Author) Hardcover · 320 page Stuckey examines...

A scarce vintage book featuring the creations of the 20th century's top interior designers. When first published Decoration was already an impressive book, with its excellent colour photography, top-quality interiors and stellar cast of designers. It is now a decorating classic and is much sort after. The book's aim is to illustrate how to mix both traditional and contemporary elements in an interior. It does this through text and illustrations of an international selection of homes, owned and decorated by the likes of Francois Catroux, Valentino, David Mlinaric, David Hicks, Alberto Pinto, Charles...

The Société des artistes decorateurs, founded in 1901, was the first professional association of artists, artisans, designers and architects to emerge in France after the abolition o...

Furniture Atlas: From Rococo to Art Deco by Adriana B. Sassone. Published by Koln: Evergreen/Taschen, 2000. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A comprehensive, illustrated guide to ...

‘Antiques for the Table’, A Complete Guide to dining room accessories for Collecting and Entertaining by Sheila Chefetz. Penguin Publishing Group 1993. Signed and inscribed first edition 4th printing hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed "Enjoy our 'feast' for the eyes!" More than 200 full-color photographs. 'Antiques for the Table' presents dozens of table setting ideas for every occasion. Antiques authority Sheila Chefetz tells readers how to use, store, identify, and appreciate fine examples of 18th, 19th, and 20th century China, glass, and silver. A definitive volume on antique tableware...