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L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France 1789-1989
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L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France 1789-1989 Hardbound - 1989

by Arminjon, Catherine; Yvonne Brunhammer; et. al

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New York: Vendrome Press, 1989. Hardbound. VG-/VG-. Dust jacket has visible edge wear. Book shows some foxing on a few pages, as well as some soiling along bottom edge.. Brown cloth boards w/ color illustrated dj. 256 pp. Profuse color and BW illustrations. From Publishers Weekly--Based on an exhibit at Manhattan's Cooper-Hewitt Museum, this generously illustrated volume collects eight essays by European and American curators and art historians on French design of the past two centuries, from the emergence of the dining room (earliest records date the French version to 1694) to haute couture from the 1988 Paris collection of Christian Lacroix. We learn of late 19th-century French designs for chairs (fringed, cushioned and curvaceous) and beds (flowing with canopies); 19th- and 20th-century jewelry, including a dragonfly brooch of gold, enamel and diamonds; and the latest in black and red minimalist traveling irons, along with predictably splendid artifacts of Napoleonic vintage. Commentary, though written by scholars, is accessible and engaging. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Used - VG-/VG-. Dust jacket has visible edge wear. Book shows some foxing on a few pages, as well as some soiling along bottom edge.
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  • Title L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France 1789-1989
  • Author Arminjon, Catherine; Yvonne Brunhammer; et. al
  • Binding Hardbound
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - VG-/VG-. Dust jacket has visible edge wear. Book shows some foxing on a few pages, as well as some soiling along bottom edge.
  • Pages 255
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vendrome Press, New York
  • Date 1989
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 171377
  • ISBN 9780865659766 / 0865659761
  • Weight 2.35 lbs (1.07 kg)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88-63278
  • Dewey Decimal Code 745.449

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