French style and decoration : a sourcebook of original designs ; with over 600 designs, patterns, and settings in color and black and white /
by Stafford Cliff
- London : Thames and Hudson, 2008.
- 247 p. : col. ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index. "Originally published in larger format as: The French archive of design and decoration"--Colophon.
Contents: Author's preface -- Introduction -- Into the 18th century, the influence of Versailles -- Régence and Louis XV, the triumph of Rococo -- Transition, Louis XVI and Directoire, the new classicism -- Consulate, Empire and Restoration, styles imperial -- Second Empire and Fin-de-sićle, revivalism and revolution -- Twentieth-century duality, art deco, and modernism -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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AR-- Design--History. --France Interior decoration --France. Decoration and ornament --France.