Henri Samuel : Master of the French Interior by Eerdmans 2018 Hrdbk VG B14

by Emily Evans Eerdmans

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Rizzoli, 2018 Hardback. Book Condition; Very Good. The text is clean and unmarked. the binding and hinges are firm. The covers have a small scuffed spot along the top edge if the front cover, the back panel has a small ding with a break in the skin, spine heel points have a little shelf rubbing. Jacket in Very Good condition with a little edge curl with a touch of wrinkling. === The first book dedicated to Henri Samuel, considered one of the pre-eminent French interior designers of the twentieth century and acclaimed for his mastery of historic design, as well as his eye for contemporary presentation and furnishings--a high-point addition to Rizzoli's continuing coverage of the masters of the field. Design legend Henri Samuel believed that a successful interior was one in which an observer never suspected that a decorator had been involved. This book takes the reader inside some of Samuel's groundbreaking and inspiring interiors, beginning with his first job assisting Stéphane Boudin of Jansen in the 1920s through postwar Paris society and into the go-go '80s. During his illustrious career, Samuel created rarefied and beautiful environments for his jet-set clientele--Doris Duke, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Susan and John Gutfreund, Valentino Garavani, and multiple Rothschilds and Vanderbilts. Such was his expertise that museums such as Versailles and the Metropolitan Museum of Art consulted him on the installation of period rooms. Samuel was a master at reproducing intimate sp

• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
• Year: 2018
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780847861866
• Condition: Very Good

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