John Fowler: Prince of Decorators - Rilegato

Wood, Martin

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ISBN 10: 071122711X ISBN 13: 9780711227118

Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln, 2007

Riassunto

John Fowler was an interior decorator who set fashions and changed tastes. The English country house style, which he developed with Sibyl Colefax and Nancy Lancaster, his partners in the firm of Colefax & Fowler, has proved a source of continuing inspiration to decorators and home-owners on both sides of the Atlantic and indeed across the world. Today, a hundred years after his birth, his influence is almost as powerful as it was in the mid 20th century, when he was working on many of Britain's finest and most famous houses, including Uppark, Chequers and Buckingham Palace, as well as dozens of more modest projects. Fowler's style has been so widely imitated that it is easy to forget what an innovator he was. In the 1930s and 1940s his style was a breath of fresh country air, sweeping away heavy velvets and damasks in favour of crisp cotton chintzes, replacing glossy mahogany with painted Regency furnishings, elaborate porcelain and glitzy ormolu with modest pottery and painted tin. Even after the war, when he came to specialize in the decoration of architecturally important interiors, he continued to prefer 'humble elegance' and 'romantic disrepair' to pomposity.

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Recensione:

Lavishly illustrated. || Wood punctuates a breezy narrative of his life with plenty of insights and personal anecdotes. || This book is a historic document, a reminder of times past, a beautifully written work with photographs that accurately depict the interiors. It will be the standard reference book of taste during the second half of the 20th century.

L'autore:

Martin Wood is an established textile and interior designer. His books on influential figures in the history of design include Nancy Lancaster, John Fowler, Laura Ashley and Sister Parish, all published by Frances Lincoln.

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• Editore: Frances Lincoln
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 071122711X
• ISBN 13: 9780711227118
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240