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Horst: Interiors

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Some of the most stylish interiors of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s are shown in color photos by the noted photographer Horst P. Horst, usually with their equally stylish owners. While all the decoration is top drawer, some of the photos are surprisingly fuzzy and/or dark, and not in an artistic way; they appear to this critic to be substandard photos. The text is minimal and the reader is generally left on his own to depend on his own eyes, knowledge of social history and design, and perhaps some detective work. Fifty two residences are shown, often with a few interesting shots. However, the only insight into Jacqueline Onassis' Manhattan apartment is left to the reader to determine from a close shot of the coffee table displaying a basket of tulips, another basket with fruit, a stand of worry beads, a dried mushroom on a twig, a branch of black coral, and two bronze Eqypian cats! Chic interiors by Renzo Mongiardino, Billy Baldwin, Denning & Fourcade, Mac II, Jacques Grange, Francois Catroux, and Parish-Hadley are among the decorators whose work appears here.

A classic. Buy it if you can find it. It'll be a bargain at twice the price. Really stylish people living stylishly.
Stylemaven

My book arrived in a timely manner, in far better condition than the "used" term might have indicated, the only obvious "used" was a faded front of the dust jacket....no problem...I'm just happy to have the book!