- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson; New edition edition (April 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0500280207
- ISBN-13: 978-0500280201
- Product Dimensions: 29.4 x 24.3 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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#831,180 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #79 in Books > Arts & Photography > Schools, Periods & Styles > Art Nouveau
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Highly informative...a book to be relished. -- Traditional Homes
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Book Description
By the time of the great Paris Exhibition of 1925, the idea that an interior and its furnishings should form a complete design--a "total look"--dominated the thinking of both designers and their sophisticated clients. ART DECO INTERIORS documents this flourishing of design ingenuity in Europe and America with more than 300 illustrations, 151 in color.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not impressed,
By Sonja (Brampton, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Art Deco Interiors (Paperback)
This is a pretty dry book. First it helps to know a little French. Secondly, all this book does is throw in a couple hundred names of designers and places. Third, when the author speak of different designs which were created by people there are no images to back it up, so you really can't produce an image in your head of what the author is describing, the images that are in the book are mainly black and white and drawings which really didn't give me a sense of what the designer was trying to portray. As a designer I purchased this book to learn more about the art deco style, characteristics, elements, materials and influence, which is not what I found in this book.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Well Written But Very Disappointing,
By Ann McElroy (Hickory, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Art Deco Interiors (Paperback)
I agree with the reviewer from England who stated she was trying to find inspiration for decorating her home and could not find it in this book. This book is 80% text - extremely well written and researched - but only 20% pictures. Those pictures are many times small, black and white, and sketches - not photos at all. The photos that are here, many are truly stunning. But they are of movie sets, ship interiors, large buildings, etc. I was hoping for a book which would have one full color photographed page of floor lamps, another of wall sconces, ceiling lamps, furniture, hardware for cabinets, etc., each on its own page so I could get some inspiration. A section dedicated to photographs of walls and how they were stenciled so I could see many different designs would have been terrific. If I can, I am going to return the book. It was of no use to me. I would suggest ordering a book or two from Dover, which is far less [money] and might have more colors and designs for inspiration.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews) 46 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Art Deco book available,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Art Deco Interiors (Paperback)
I searched through all of the Art Deco books and decided on this one. I am decorating my home in the Art Deco style of the 1920s and 1930s and have found a source for unlimited decorating ideas. I haven't found another book with so many great pictures. Not many people realize that true art deco is from the 1920s and 1930s and not the 1950s. It's hard to find a book like this one that focuses only on the true art deco form.
61 of 66 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Well Written But Very Disappointing,
By Ann McElroy - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Art Deco Interiors (Paperback)
I agree with the reviewer from England who stated she was trying to find inspiration for decorating her home and could not find it in this book. This book is 80% text - extremely well written and researched - but only 20% pictures. Those pictures are many times small, black and white, and sketches - not photos at all. The photos that are here, many are truly stunning. But they are of movie sets, ship interiors, large buildings, etc. I was hoping for a book which would have one full color photographed page of floor lamps, another of wall sconces, ceiling lamps, furniture, hardware for cabinets, etc., each on its own page so I could get some inspiration. A section dedicated to photographs of walls and how they were stenciled so I could see many different designs would have been terrific. If I can, I am going to return the book. It was of no use to me. I would suggest ordering a book or two from Dover, which is far less [money] and might have more colors and designs for inspiration.
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I couldn't stop looking at it!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Art Deco Interiors (Paperback)
I loved it!!!! Fantastic, beautiful color photography and the designer's original renderings, beautifully printed and presented---an EYE POPPING cavalcade of art deco interiors, from simple to sublime! Theatres, train stations, restaurants, the bedrooms and baths of famous actors and designers...it is hard to imagine that one can imagine so much! Text is readable and interesting. Highly recommended!
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