The New Eighteenth-Century Style: Rediscovering a French Décor

by Michèle Lalande, Gilles Trillard (Photographer), Laurel Hirsch (Translator)

With the restoration of the Pompadour apartments at Versailles, there is a renewed interest in the opulent fashions in interior decoration of the eighteenth century. The use of turquoise with gold accents, the lush velvet upholstery and the expensive iridescent wall hangings all bear witness to a style that indulged in spite of revolutions, wars, looting and fires. Lalande and Trillard reveal the harmony between antique extravagance and contemporary decoration that characterises the revival of this style. They survey thirty excellent examples of this quintessential blending of refined detail and showy affluence.

Genres: Design

288 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2006

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. Lalande lives in Paris.

Reviews

[Bronwyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A gorgeous book, full of inspiring vignettes and accompanying essays. I covet a copy for my own.