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The New French Decor: Living with Timeless Objects [Hardcover]

Michele Lalande (Author), Profusely illustrated (Illustrator)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)


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Book Description

2007
The art of setting, compiling, or combining disparate objects is a difficult art. Yet it has become the chic new decorating style in France, and is now spreading throughout the world. After the success of The New Eighteenth-Century Style, journalist Michèle Lalande and photographer Gilles Trillard team up once again to showcase the most successful combinations of treasured heirlooms and contemporary design.

From precious mundane objects like seashells and glass bottles to priceless works of master craftsmanship like candelabras and carved wooden chests, The New French Décor provides insight into the blend of sophistication, symmetry, confusion, and minimalism that makes each of these rooms successful. Beautifully photographed by Trillard, these rich designs, conceived and executed by top stylists, decorators, and antiquarians, delight the eye on each page with a brilliant patchwork of old and new.

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About the Author

Michèle Lalande is a journalist and interior decorator. For many years she has been a regular contributor to various French and other foreign shelter magazines.

Gilles Trillard has been a freelance photographer for twenty-five years. He specializes in photographing interiors, and his work is regularly published in Elle Décoration and Campagne et Décoration among other magazines. Both contributors live in Paris.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Abrams; 1ST edition (2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0810994593
  • ISBN-13: 978-0810994591
  • Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 10.1 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #526,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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69 of 69 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars French Flea Market Style, December 27, 2007
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Colleen Martin (Collierville, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New French Decor: Living with Timeless Objects (Hardcover)
I just purchased this book as a gift for myself for Christmas. I would say that it is not for everyone who loves to decorate with French style. For some it may be "too cluttery" as it is how to do the current new design style of "assembling many disparate objects" to create a display where you have to study the whole and then its many parts to understand the composition. The book is basically photographs with short descriptions of the photo. There really is no text to the book discussing decorating techniques, etc. I would have liked to see more text to explain the details of the photos. There is no French elegance "candy" here - no gilded rooms with Louis chairs - but mostly items that you would find in flea markets in France or even things taken from trash bins. What the book does do is make you think about the vignettes you create in your own home with a different "eye". It also makes you want to take the first plane to France to scour the flea markets for unique items. I loved LaLandes book published last year better than this one on 18th Century style but they are really an extension of each other in describing this style of decor. I would say that this book helped educate my eye and provided many hours of enjoyment studying each photo. I paid full price because I was anxious to see it, but I would say that getting it at a discount would make it a great addition to your library if you truly love all things French. I find myself pulling it off the shelf to review time and time again. I'm glad I purchased the book.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars WHAT!?, January 6, 2009
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Bjb (East Coast) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The New French Decor: Living with Timeless Objects (Hardcover)
Where have I gone wrong? I rarely decorate with skulls as part of the composition. Nor do I adore the fine art of taxidermy! (no, I am not kidding, folks) These themes were repeated throughout the book. And though I love beautiful photographs, a little more text to explain what the author was trying to accomplish is in order. In fact, the only reason to recommend this book is FOR the photography. I must be a bore or an idiot because I seem to be the only reviewer who doesn't "get" this book. Please, more Charles Faudree...and less Hamlet.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I wanted or expected....., January 27, 2009
This review is from: The New French Decor: Living with Timeless Objects (Hardcover)
I bought this book on the recommendation from a review from another book. I should have bought my original intention. In other words, don't believe everything you read. This book never shows a whole room so it is really hard to place the objects in perspective. I didn't see it as "French Decor" at all. Just objects placed around...and a lot of ocean elements and shells. I don't do shells nor do I do skulls. The outside cover of my book doesn't even look like the one they are showing to be reviewed but it is the same book. I was sorely disappointed!
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