Reves d' Alcoves
by Collectif
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 2711831078
- ISBN 13
- 9782711831074
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About This Item
Paris: Reunion Des Musees Nationaux, 1995. This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Slight soft crease to lower rear corner of cover. Text in French. Full title is 'Reves d' Alcoves La Chambre Au Cours Des Siecles'. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in the winter of 1995. The catalog is organized into 2 sections, the first half with essays on the history of the design and decoration of bedrooms, the second half is the catalog of the exhibition itself with more essays. There are 120 objects in the exhibition each with an entry. Essays by about a dozen authors including Odile Nouvel, Nadine Gasc, Francoise Jollant-Kneebone, Monique Blanc. The theme of the exhibition was the various ways that earlier cultures and then the French culture thought about and decorated their bedrooms. Covers Roman culture, the medieval French, 17th -19th centuries and a chapter on the 20th century, including rooms by Majorelle, Jean Royere, the Maharajah of Indore's bedroom designed by Muthesius with furnishings by Louis Sognot, Puiforcat and Silva da Bruhns. Illustrated in color and black & white with photographs, drawings and prints. Bibliography. 12" high X 9 1/2" wide, 230 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Design Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007691
- Title
- Reves d' Alcoves
- Author
- Collectif
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 2711831078
- ISBN 13
- 9782711831074
- Publisher
- Reunion Des Musees Nationaux
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Bedrooms, Chambre De Coucher, History of Bedrooms, Odile Nouvel, Nadine Gasc, Francoise Jollant-Kneebone, Monique Blanc.
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