French Scenic Wallpaper, 1795-1865

Paris: Flammarion, 2000. First English language edition. Large folio in multi-color illus jacket; 334 pages: illustrations (some color), folding plates; 30 cm Fine in fine, faintly spine-sunned jacket in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 2080136844; 9782080136848

In English; Translated from the French. Contents: Foreword / Yvonne Brunhammer -- Preface / Jean-Pierre Seguin -- Reasons for silence / Odile Nouvel-Kammerer -- Precursors of the new mural art. From trompe-l'œil to panorama / Gérard Mabille -- Tapestry and scenic wallpaper: substitution or contamination? / Colombe Samoyault-Verlet -- Scenic wallpaper in dollhouses / Barbara Spadaccini-Day -- An economic approach to scenic wallpaper. A study of the archives of J. Zuber & Cie / Bernard Jacqué -- Scenic wallpaper, social mirror. Themes reflecting a new view of everyday life / Odile Nouvel-Kammerer -- An art in search of an identity. Scenic wallpaper's relationship to the visual arts / François Pupil -- Theatrical influences. From panoramas to panoramic wallpaper / François Robichon -- The Paris Opera and its stage sets / Nicole Wild -- The taste for bringing the outside in. The roving eye: panoramic décors and landscape theory / Monique Mosser -- Flora with an exotic accent / Jean-Claude Garnaud -- Scenic wallpaper and the other decorative arts. The decorative arts / Marie-Noëlle de Grandry -- Scenics and textiles in France: similarities and differences / Véronique de Bruignac-La Hougue -- Porcelain from the Sèvres Manufactory / Tamara Préaud -- A panoramic viewpoint. Photography and its relationship to space / Joachim Bonnemaison. Wallpaper -- France -- History -- 18th century. Wallpaper -- France -- History -- 19th century. Wallpaper -- France -- History -- 18th century -- Catalogs. Wallpaper -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Catalogs. 21.84 interior design and decoration. Wallpaper. Behangsel. Landschappen. Vergezichten. **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Weighs almost 5.5 lbs before packing. Please inquire. **