Encyclopédie de la Maison
A SET OF SIX SUPERBOOKS.
ENCYCLOPÉDIE DE LA MAISON
. PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1971 AND 1973. THE ULTIMATE INTERIORS REFERENCE. THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN TRADITION AND EXPERIMENT. ONE THOUSAND PLUS PAGES AND FIVE THOUSAND(ISH) PICTURES (IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE COUNTING THEM ALL).
A room by Maison et Jardin décor is the cover of volume 5. Steel and chrome fixtures. Greek key frame for the mirror and epic bamboo and torn strip pattern wallpaper. Early seventies Paris throws up the best of the best interiors books; Jansen Decoration
is 1971 and Decoration Tradition et Renouveau
is 1973.
This is what it is all about. Too many reasons why this Robert Thibier office is out of this world class. The steel sheet panel wall with red alcove obvs but what is that other wall covering? Pebbledash??!!
Monsieur Aluminium. A Jean Prouvé house. The inside is even better.
If Palace opened a Paris store. Jansen Decoration. Ground floor / next level.
Chez IDEA. If we could turndown time. The modern world needs more bolster pillows and egg yolk cushions.
Your Hackney / Williamsburg house share is nothing without his and hers (or his and his or hers and hers) wash basins. This Damiot designed bathroom is operatic! All six books represent mankind's magnum opus of taste and refinement. See more HERE. You won't find another set of six such superbly qualified superbooks - at least not when these are sold. Buy now.