EDITIONS GOURCUFF GRADENIGO Decoration book - Papier peint

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A true country that initiated the production of wallpaper, France has an incomparable historical, artistic and technological heritage in this area. For the first time, a book attempts to understand the extraordinary richness of wallpaper production from the end of the 18th century to the contemporary period. By collecting more than 200 records such an alphabetical repertoire allows to draw a vast panorama of the publishers of creators and wallpaper manufacturers. There are well-known designers and houses such as Percier and Fontaine, Marie Laurencin, André Groult, the New Year's Eve factory, but also Evariste Fragonard, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, the Joseph Dufour factory or the Leroy factories. An abundant and unpublished iconography, from the Museum of Decorative Arts, allows the reader to understand in a synthetic way a little-known field, yet emblematic of the history of the French decorative arts. The author: Véronique de Bruignac-La Hougue, curator at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, she has published numerous studies on wallpaper and fabrics. On sale in all good bookstores.

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• Country : FRANCE
• Year of creation : 2009