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Cliff, Stafford.

French style and decoration : a sourcebook of original designs ; with over 600 designs, patterns, and settings in color and black and white / Stafford Cliff. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2008. - 248 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

"Originally published in larger format as: The French archive of design and decoration"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.

Author's preface -- Introduction -- Into the 18th century, the influence of Versailles -- R�egence and Louis XV, the triumph of Rococo -- Transition, Louis XVI and Directoire, the new classicism -- Consulate, Empire and Restoration, styles imperial -- Second Empire and Fin-de-si�cle, revivalism and revolution -- Twentieth-century duality, art deco, and modernism -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

9780500514009 (hbk.) 0500514003 (hbk.)


Decoration and ornament--France.
Interior decoration--France.

NK1449.A1 / C585

747.0944 / C585