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Perched high above Sorrento and overlooking the Bay of Naples, Villa Astor is, quite literally, a peach of a house. With an elegant, neoclassical, soft apr
Newest Style Books I Love: The Best Design and Style Books, Summer 2017 My top picks: Flammarion’s ‘Villa Astor’ and Rizzoli’s ‘Christian Dior in the South of France The Chateau de la Colle Noire, along with Lannoo’s ‘Margiela The Hermès Years’ make for delicious viewing and vivid, highly detailed reading. Superbly designed and art directed, these three books will be stars in your reference library, constant inspiration, and a rich source of lifetime reading and pleasure. That’s always my goal, a lifetime of enjoyment and ideas. 1. Villa Astor Paradise Restored on the Amalfi Coast Introduction by The Right Honorable the Lord Astor of Hever. Text by Curt DiCamillo, Suzanne Tise-Isoré, Alexandra Campbell, Rita Vessichelli Pane. Photography by Eric Sander, Flammarion 2017 ABOUT ‘VILLA ASTOR’ Imagine a grand villa on a cliff high above the Bay of Naples near Sorrento, basking in the Mediterranean sunshine and with spectacular views of Mount Vesuvius. Windows are open to illuminate priceless Greek and Roman statuary. Villa Astor is an Italian landmark with a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire. American businessman, collector, and politician William Waldorf Astor fell in love with Italy and in 1875 acquired the villa that bears his name. He turned it into a paradise of art, beauty, architecture, and exquisite gardens. Villa Astor was maintained by the Astor family until 1919. Now for the new owners, the acclaimed French decorator Jacques Garcia has beautifully restored the villa and exceptional gardens to their former splendor. This scholarly book vividly illustrates the interiors, the collections, the lavish gardens and statuary, along with history, archival images and paintings. Images take readers on a private tour—always with the (imagined) sounds and fragrant breezes of the Mediterranean for atmosphere. Divine. ABOUT THE AUTHORS OF VILLA ASTOR The Right Honorable the Lord Astor of Hever is the great-grandson of William Waldorf Astor and a member of the House of Lords. Curt DiCamillo is a Boston-based architectural historian and an authority on the British country house. Suzanne Tise-Isoré is an art historian and coauthor of French Decorative Art: 1900- 1942. Alexandra Campbell is a biographical researcher and writer. Rita Vessichelli Pane is co-author of I Sapori del Sud. Eric Sander’s photographs have appeared in Smithsonian, Life, Time, Newsweek, Le Figaro Magazine, and numerous books, including A Day at Château de Fontainebleau (Flammarion, 2015). 2. Christian Dior in the South of France The Château de la Colle Noire © 2017 Christian Dior. Text by Laurence Benaïm. Photographs by Miguel Flores-Vianna and Bruno Suet. Illustrations by Jean-Philippe Delhomme. The Château de La Colle Noire, which Christian Dior purchased in 1950, sealed his love affair with Provence. The delightful times Christian Dior spent in his beloved chateau were also occasions to welcome family and friends at La Colle Noire and cultivate friendships with the artists he cared about including Bernard Buffet, Marc Chagall, Marie- Laure de Noailles and many others who shared laughter and terrace dinners with Dior. During the day, he cultivated his roses and sketched, relaxed, and continued to refine and define the landscapes and interiors. Now, the superb estate has undergone a complete restoration, conducted by the neo-Provençal architect André Svétchine. The beautifully edited book illustrates that La Colle Noire gardens flourish thanks to landscape designer Philippe Deliau. Interiors were restored to their original design by decorator Yves de Marseille. Art direction and design for La Colle Noire are by the highly admired team from Cabana magazine, and the pages are ornamented and richly embellished (in the style of Cabana). The book has great charm. In particular, I love the delight of the witty and informative back pages, A Guide to Christian Dior’s Places to visit, which invites readers to discover mythical sites, from the famous to the surprising and cultural, where the couturier/ perfumer liked to stop when driving around Provence in his Hotchkiss convertible. The black truffle market in Aups, the glass factory in Biot, the bouillabaisse fish stew at Tétou and the bar at the Carlton Hotel, the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence and his favorite hotels, sites, galleries, museums (Picasso), along with the Villa Kerylos (my favorite), and all the must-see Dior picks of Cannes, Nice, Vence and all points of style and interest. Every detail of this book is carefully considered and superbly produced. Most impressive. 3. Margiela The Hermès Years The enigmatic, brilliant and highly influential Belgian designer Martin Margiela created and delineated fashion and accessories for Hermès for four years, launching in 1997. This highly original book documents and illuminates his Hermès designs of that period as well as his own label collections at the time. Martin Margiela’s tenure at Hermès was one of the most surprising and important of all of their designer collaborations. Cleverly and wittily, he took all of the Hermès codes and signatures—elegant simplicity, cashmere, luxe leathers, crocodile skins, seasonless dressing, low-key classic colors, subtle tones, no pattern—and amplified them in a new and edgy manner. I’ve always admired that era, and this book perfectly defines the subversiveness of simple uber-luxury mashed with the avant-garde chic of the designer. Suzy Menkes loves his ‘tactile fabrics for feminine allure’ and she admired his clean silhouettes and pared-down details. Margiela was and is a joyful renegade, and he understood that traditional forms and shapes could be transformed with amplification and restraint. The book shows, in contrast/juxtaposition his own experimental fashions of those years, and his studio milieu and models. Margiela has always had a cult following—and I admire the way he applied his own deconstruction design process to his label Maison Martin Margiela—and the great house of Hermès. CREDITS: Rizzoli: www.rizzoliusa.com Villa Astor Paradise Restored on the Amalfi Coast Published by Flammarion. All photography © Eric Sander Christian Dior in the South of France The Chateau de la Colle Noire is published by Rizzoli USA, www.rizzoliusa.com. Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna and Bruno Suet, with art direction by Cabana. Margiela The Hermès Years is published by Lannoo, based in Belgium, www.lannoo.be/nl/international-0. Essays by Rebecca Arnold, Kaat Debo, Elisa De Wyngaert, Sarah Mower, Vincent Wierink, Karen Van Godtsenhoven.
Visit the gorgeous Villa La Vigie in Monaco with its pool views, sea views, security and air conditioning for an unbelievable holiday retreat
Between fields and orchards, romantic, lush and indeed food-producing - this is a garden that shows expertise tinged with emotion. Childhood memories, travels
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A selection of stylish stays for every kind of traveller in 2024
See how the designer uses antiques and imagination to outfit his two homes
A selection of stylish stays for every kind of traveller in 2024
Magic Alley Book Nook - Color Print Fully upgraded from the basic Magic Alley .🍀 Decorate the bookcase/desk🍀 Super unique gift for Harry Potter fans🍀 Easy assembly, fun easy to be...crushed🍀 Reduce stress, feel like being lost in a miniature Wizarding world.🍁 Fragrant birch wood material, color printing directly on the wood surface never fades🍁 Glue, decorative accessories, LED lights, assembly instructions are available in the box with no extra preparation. Great gift for Potter Heads or book lover/home decorator. When it's finished and placed in your bookcase/desk, you won't be able to stop looking at it. If you like to model yourself, paint in your own style to create unique products and then show off or give to friends, this is exactly what you are looking for. The model can be used as a night light with an appropriate display angle.Product Specifications -Dimensions: Height 25.2cm x Width 13.2cm x Depth 22cm (Equivalent to a large book)Number of pieces: 135 piecesDifficulty: Easy EASY ASSEMBLY OR MODELDo-it-yourself assembly: You will receive Assembly Kits including full pre-cut assembly parts, led lights and accessories with detailed 3D assembly instructions. Assembly time is about 4-6 hours Pre-assembled: If you don't have time to assemble, Rajbharti Crafts will assemble it for you and you will receive the finished model as pictured. The kit includes LED lights, LED lights are pre-connected to the jack so you can easily assemble without having to prepare any additional tools.WOODEN DETAILS PREPARED CUT, EASY ASSEMBLY With more than 130 wood assemblies arranged into 6 panels (from A to F). Individually numbered parts come with extremely detailed assembly instructions with intuitive 3D graphics. Makes the finished product assembly extremely easy in 3-4 hours. The wood details are meticulously designed and precisely crafted, spread across the boards. The related elements are arranged close together on each panel and are easily disassembled with just the right touch of the finger. On some details, the patterns or content of words, logos, images are engraved on the wooden surface extremely delicately.PREMIUM COMFORT POPULAR WOOD MATERIAL If you have ever experienced assembling Rajbharti Crafts model products, you will not be able to forget the faint scent of wood details. That scent is the characteristic smell of the surface of birch wood - the most advanced pressed wood among pressed woods, rare and only used to make high-class fine art items.DETAILS INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Each Rajbharti Crafts model comes with a set of extremely intuitive and detailed 3D assembly instructions. You can easily assemble it step by step in a few hours to complete the model.Tip - Glue and battery not included due to Airmail Restrictions. After sale service Customer service is online 24 hours a day and can handle after-sales at any time!
Villa Pisani, Stra (Pd) Italy
Die Admonter Stiftsbibliothek ist eines der großen Gesamtkunstwerke des europäischen Spätbarocks.
How an out-of-the-way villa in northern Italy nurtured the artistic genius of the late Enrico Baj and his wide circle of friends
