Exotic taste
Subtitle: Orientalist interiors
By: Emmanuelle Gaillard and Marc Walter
Contributors: Walter, Marc
Publisher: Vendome Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780865652736
Subjects: Interior decoration; Oriental influences; Decoration and ornament; History
Other titles: Orientalist interiors
Work titles: Certain gout pour l'Orient
Description: "Exuberant Chinese-inspired drawing rooms, Persian-style boudoirs, bulbous Mogul domes, and Turkish smoking rooms were once the rage in avant-garde circles and are undergoing a resurgence in popularity today as the global economy brings attention to the styles of the Far East, India, and the Islamic world. Emmanuelle Gaillard and Marc Walter{u2019}s lavish new book traces the Asian sources of this fashion, and its transformation in late 19th- and early 20th-century Western settings. Illustrated with extraordinary vintage and contemporary interior photography, fabrics, wallpapers, patterns, decorative objects, and costumes, this volume tours the houses of writers, thinkers, business tycoons, princesses, and even the Russian empress Catherine the Great. Exotic Taste is a rich treat for anyone drawn to the fantastic, elaborate style of Orientalism."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Originally published: Un certain gout pour l'Orient : XVIIIe et XIXe siècles. [Paris] : Éditio-Éditions Citadelles & Mazenod, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.