Libros

El Inventario del Alcázar de Madrid de 1666 se redactó tras el fallecimiento de Felipe IV el 17 de septiembre de 1665. El documento refleja el afán coleccionista del monarca, quien en sus cuarenta y cuatro años de reinado multiplicó exponencialmente el número de obras artísticas en sus palacios. (...)

Ever since Tom Britt opened his New York based firm in 1964, he has been creating dramatic environments for his high-profile clients on multiple continents. His masterful design palette, with a wonderfully exotic slant, includes plush upholstered furniture, boldly patterned carpets, seductive (...)

Design legend Henri Samuel believed that a successful interior was one in which an observer never suspected that a decorator had been involved. This book takes the reader inside some of Samuel s groundbreaking and inspiring interiors, beginning with his first job assisting Stephane Boudin of Jansen (...)

A sweeping survey of the work of celebrated bon vivant Federico Forquet--whose decades-long design career has embraced couture fashion, elegant interiors, and imaginative gardens, reflecting both the best of Italian style and the dolce vita era of Rome.Through his long and crowded life, polyglot (...)

Daughter of the late David Hicks and goddaughter to Prince Charles, India Hicks is known for her irreverent take on style. In her previous books, she invited readers into her homes on Harbour Island and in England. For her third book, India presents her own slightly madcap spin on entertaining. (...)

Rattan evokes the glamour and exoticism of the Riviera, grand yachts, and tropical verandas. It appeared in Impressionist paintings, and dazzling celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Gina Lollobrigida were photographed lounging on it. Now, rattan is regaining its allure and becoming increasingly (...)

A stunning celebration of Ralph Lauren s signature home collections including the designer s own homes which have inspired the world of interior design for nearly half a century. As with his celebrated fashion designs, Ralph Lauren brings glamour and style to his home collections, becoming the (...)

After inheriting a seventeenth-century Tuscan villa, Ned Lambton and his wife, Marina, lovingly restored the estate as a retreat for family and friends. With newly commissioned photographs by Simon Upton, Lambton brings to life the rich history of the villa, its redecoration, its raucous history, (...)

An interior design book showing how the alpine context, with its snowy landscapes and forests, influences the choice of colors, materials, and atmospheres.This book addresses a very specific topic within interior architecture, namely that of mountains, where the context of the surrounding landscape (...)

Hardcover. This comprehensive monograph brings together over 100 works spanning five decades of Thomas Schuette's career and examines his artistic production across multiple disciplines.The Duesseldorf-based sculptor, draftsman, model maker, and sometime architect Thomas Schuette works in scales (...)

The most important, most visited, and most renowned of all of Britain's stately homes, Blenheim has been home to the Churchill family for more than 300 years.Regarded as perhaps the greatest of the stately homes and the finest example of baroque architecture in Great Britain, Blenheim is a treasure (...)