Château de Villette: The Splendor of French Decor

Château de Villette: The Splendor of French Decor

This intimate tour provides a lesson from Jacques Garcia in the art and technique of historic house and garden restoration.

The Chteau de Villette, situated in a lush woodlandnear Paris, has been an oasis of art and beauty sinceits construction (1663â‚¬â€œ69) according to FranÂ§ois Mansartâ‚¬s plans. Among its prestigious ownerswas Sophie de Grouchy, wife of the Marquis de Condorcet. As leading political actors of their era,she and her husband hosted some of the most intellectuallyinfluential salons of the prerevolutionaryperiod for an international elite that included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine. The Marquis de Lafayette was a witness at the coupleâ‚¬swedding at Villette in 1786.
New owners have commissioned Jacques Garcia to restore the house and gardens to their idyllic former glory. Presented here for the first time, the result is averitable museum of French craftsmanship, with interiors featuring fabulous silks and passementeries, as well as eighteenth-century paintings, decorative arts,and furniture. The original stone features and elegant trumeaux and boiseries of the chteauâ‚¬s historic dining room have been restored to their initial splendor.Villetteâ‚¬s austerely elegant facade houses an octagonal grand salon that gives way to magical vistas of formal gardens inspired by Le NÂ´tre, cascading fountains,reflecting pools, and eighteenth-century sculptures,sphinxes, and an obelisk, alluding to classical artistic traditions and eighteenth-century aesthetics. All-new photography, along with drawings by architectural historians Bernd Dams and Andrew Zega, illustrate this lavish volume.
Country USA
Brand FLAMMARION
Manufacturer Flammarion
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 150 Illustrations, color
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-09-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9782080203588

Country	USA
Brand	FLAMMARION
Manufacturer	Flammarion
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	150 Illustrations, color
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2018-09-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9782080203588

Château de Villette: The Splendor of French Decor

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