moderne: fashioning the french interior by sarah schleuning
jacques-émile ruhlmann, pierre chareau, robert mallet-stevens, charlotte perriand, eileen gray: together these designers and their contemporaries pioneered the look of the modern french interior during the 1920s. their use of sumptuous materials, rich jewel tones, intricate geometric patterns, and complex and varied textures has made this work a lasting favorite among interior designers, architects, and their clients.

moderne presents the finest examples of this work in more than two hundred plates, selected by sarah schleuning, a curator of the wolfsonian museum, and faithfully reproduced to preserve their original color palettes. this sumptuous volume is comprehensive in scope, beginning with the early art moderne of ruhlmann and concluding with the avant-garde work of gray and perriand. these and other high-water marks of the period are discussed in an essay by historian jeremy aynsley. designers' biographies and a brief bibliography are also included, making this an inspirational resource for interior designers and architects, and an indispensable reference for historians of the modern era.

9 x 12 in; 304 pp ; 232 color images; hardcover