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The New Eighteenth-Century Style: Rediscovering a French Decor | 
 enlarge | Author: Michele Lalande
Creators: Gilles Trillard, Laurel Hirsch
Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 66897
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 10 x 1.1
ISBN: 0810954966
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.09440905
EAN: 9780810954960
ASIN: 0810954966
Publication Date: December 1, 2006
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Product Description
Whoever said Everything old is new again could have been talking about French Pompadour Style. The flamboyant, opulent, refined aesthetic so characteristic of the eighteenth century has enjoyed a spectacular revival in recent years. In The New Eighteenth-Century Style, journalist Michele Lalande and photographer Gilles Trillard, both experts in the field of interior decor, survey 30 examples of this quintessential blending of exquisite detail and ostentatious affluence. From lush velvet upholstery to the emblematic use of turquoise with gold accents, these perfectly captured interiors beguile the reader with well-worn extravagance. In an era of shabby chic the more refined, more pristine accents of Pompadour may be just what the world of interior decor needs and this beautiful book provides an indispensable guide.
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 French with a current look... October 3, 2008
M. F. Bangert (San Francisco Bay Area, USA)
This book is great because it shows you ways of having French style but still living in a current home and lifestyle. I loved all of the looks mixing old and new with found objects like sea shells. Of course a lot of the furniture and art is very high end, you can easily get the same look with a little bit of creative shopping at flea markets.
Just a wonderful book with a shabby chic style.
Love that shabby chic French style! June 1, 2007
Anna (Houston, Texas USA)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
An absolutely smashing book, full of details. After all, it is the details that make the room finishesd and unique. This is a classic look in my way of thinking, but then again, it is my style! A decorator by trade, I am always open to new concepts, and I found the book to offer many different perspectives on the same style, pages after pages of them. Excellent book layout and design, and wonderful photography.
Lovely book April 3, 2007
Kimberly Jo (Michigan, USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I'm an artist & antique collector and not an interior designer by trade, so I am totally enjoying this book. I find it to be a lovely book full of great photography and many interesting details to spark one's imagination. Regardless of the fact that all the styles are not necessarily my own taste, the book as a whole is great fun to look at and I found it inspiring. Each time I looked at a room, I found some new little detail that I'd missed the first time around. It made me itch to re-vamp a room, stat, and I consider anything that inspires me or makes me feel creative money well spent.
 Dangerous Liasons February 8, 2007
Valorie Hart (The City That Care Forgot)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is a pretty, pretty book with lots of great stuff to look it, lots of interesting vignettes. It's French shabby, chippy _hit, uh, I mean chic. This was a great trend in the mid 1990's here in the USA before Rachel A. made shabby and chic a brand. Big style on a budget using detrius no one wanted. And it was cheap back then. Just took a can of white paint to chic up everything.
These French 18th century and 18th century inspired objets in this book, are not cheap. They are shabby and they are beautiful. The vignettes look like the Broadway stage set for the play Dangerous Liasons - decay, messy, artful, romantic, monochromatic and mad.
Like many decor books, the vignettes are impossible to see as life like - like does anyone really live in these vignettes. Still, they are beautiful to look at. The new 18th century style is a little like the new emperor's clothes. Smoke and mirrors to the highest degree of accomplishment. Get this book for the fun of it.
Fabulous Book! November 17, 2006
K. Hogue (Spokane, WA United States)
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
If you're style is that of a Paris flea market, the bazaar in Bombay or a eclectic old shop somewhere in Eastern Europe, you'll love this book. Great photography; the individualism of each space comes through with color and texture. My new favorite. The highlight is more photos of the Stockholm attic apartment, which is a true style icon.
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