Penny Drue Baird

Gebundenes Buch

Bringing Paris Home

Beschreibung

Bringing Paris Home invites the reader to re-create the panache of French interior style in an American setting. Author Penny Drue Baird shares her love and knowledge of French history and decorative arts and describes the design elements essential to an elegant French interior—architectural details, furniture, paint and wall covering, fireplaces, lighting, and tabletop settings. A special chapter on shopping offers tips on finding treasures in the famed Marche aux Puces in Paris. Penny Drue Baird's highly engaging text, filled with reminiscences and anecdotes, brings the charm and pleasure of Paris to life. Lavishly illustrated with Parisian scenes and completed interiors by Baird, Bringing Paris Home is an essential resource for capturing the atmosphere of Paris.

Autor

Penny Drue Baird, one of Architectural Digest's Top 100 Designers, is renowned for her knowledge of French decorative arts. Her firm, Dessins, is based in Paris and New York. Her work has been widely published in Architectural Digest and other prestigious magazines. The author lives in New York, NY.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Monacelli Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 285mm x 238mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1356g
• ISBN-13: 9781580932059
• ISBN-10: 1580932053
• Artikelnr.: 23573847