Synopses & Reviews
The art of setting, compiling, or combining disparate objects is a difficult art. Yet it has become the chic new decorating style in France, and is now spreading throughout the world. After the success of
The New Eighteenth-Century Style, journalist Michle Lalande and photographer Gilles Trillard team up once again to showcase the most successful combinations of treasured heirlooms and contemporary design.
From precious mundane objects like seashells and glass bottles to priceless works of master craftsmanship like candelabras and carved wooden chests, The New French Décor provides insight into the blend of sophistication, symmetry, confusion, and minimalism that makes each of these rooms successful. Beautifully photographed by Trillard, these rich designs, conceived and executed by top stylists, decorators, and antiquarians, delight the eye on each page with a brilliant patchwork of old and new.
Synopsis
The author-photographer team that brought us The New Eighteenth-Century Style and The New French Dand#233;cor has returned with 29 all-new homes, decorated in the modernized, eclectic version of Pompadour dand#233;cor that has become so popular in this young century. The resulting blend of ostentatious luxury and repurposed treasures, the natural and the manufactured, is a warm, lived-in style that perfectly embodies the comforts of home. Gilles Trillard's delightful photographs reveal interiors of breezy elegance, where Pop Art and industrial design mingle with patinaed highboys and carved candelabra; texts by Michand#232;le Lalande highlight the playful, surprising details that personalize these spaces. A perfect companion to the two previous volumes, The New Eighteenth-Century Home proves that the old has been made new once more--and it's here to stay.
About the Author
Michand#232;le Lalande is a stylist and journalist who has contributed to shelter magazines in France and around the world. She lives in Paris. Gilles Trillard has been a freelance photographer for 25 years, specializing in interior decoration. His work is regularly published in magazines such as Elle Dand#233;coration and Campagne et Dand#233;coration. He lives in Paris.