Pierre Levallois Souren Melikian, Shankuntala Le Tourneur, and Alexandre Rubin de Cervin: DECORATION. New York: French & European Publications, Inc., 1963. First English language edition [originally published as DECORATION: COLLECTION DE CONNAISSANCE DES ARTS [Volume V]. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Societe d'Etudes et de Publications Artistiques]. Folio. Cream cloth titled in black with circular paper label to front panel. 325 pp. Fully illustrated in black and white with many full-page tipped-in color plates. Interior unmarked and clean. Out-of-print. A very good copy.
10 x 12.5-hardcover book with 325 pages profusely illustrated with tipped-in color plates and black and white illustrations. Beautifully designed and printed in France, with full decorated cloth covers and magnificent color plates of interiors ranging from Louis XIV to contemporary stylings.
Contents
Includes work by Knoll International [5 full color tipped-in plates], Peter Blake, Richard Neutra, Eero Saarinen and Alexander Girard, Robert-Gernemont, Mark Hampton, Arne Korsmo, Madeleine Castaing, Robert Thibier, Mobilier Intl., Finn Juhl, J.-A. Motte, A. Hermant, M. Blondeau, M. Blanc, Freres Arsene Henri, H. Gunnlogssonn, V. Vigano, Frank Lloyd Wright, I. L. Parisi, Chen-Kuen-Lee, H. Busso von Busse, Van den Broek and Bakema and A. Aydelott among others.
From the 1963 American edition: “The eclat of La Decoration is unique in the world of home decoration. Compiled by the editors of the Parisian Connaissance des Arts, it presents with full detail and amazing clarity for French idea of what is best in decoration.”
Includes photography byJulius Shulman, Alexander Georges, Ezra Stoller, Yukio Futagawa, and many others.
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