Decorator

by Florence de Dampierre

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847811182
• ISBN13: 9780847811182
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 3.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

A Good Reference for Traditonal Interior Design of the Eighties

While the quirky yearbook-inspired format with lists of likes and dislikes and a childhood photo along with a contemporary, sometimes full page, portrait might seem frivolous to the serious reader, most will find the mini chapters an interesting change from the standard self-absorbed monologue or stilted interview. The author had a Manhattan store which sold exceptional painted furniture, so the decorators listed were no doubt based on possible promotional aspects. But that is not to say that any were not professional, talented nor without success. The Parish-Hadley contingent is well represented; in addition to Sister Parish and Albert Hadley, Bunny Williams, Gary Hager, David Kleinberg, Brian McCarthy, Nicholas Pentecost, David Anthony Easton, Mark Hampton, and William Hodgins are included. The European contingent is also well represented with Madeleine Castaing, Francois Catroux, Jacques Grange, Renzo Mongiardino, and Henri Samuel. In all, profiles of 48 interior deigners are shown along with some views of their own homes and some projects. Unfortunately, too many of these individuals are no long with us. Certainly the book serves as a good record of traditional interior design of the late 1980s, but it also shows that classic design can still be an inspiration twenty years later.