Obsessions by Stephen Calloway
A brief and entertaining history of the collecting mania from ancient times reveals both famous and near-forgotten collections of the past. The main part of the book looks at current collections by private collectors, split into four main categories of Grand Old Traditional, Natural History, Curiosities and Eccentricities, and Avant-Garde Art & Chic. Collectors from around the world are featured, including Hunt Slonem in New York, Ernst von Loesch in Berlin, and Robert Opie in the UK, with collections ranging from skulls and butterflies to farm machinery and modern art.
This is a hugely enjoyable book, perceptively written and beautifully designed" Traditional Homes & Interiors magazine; "Buy it as an invaluable reference book, or buy it as a chocolate substitute as part of a calorie-controlled diet, but please buy it" Your New Home magazine
Design historian Stephen Calloway is a Brighton-based writer, lecturer, and consultant on architecture, interior design, and the history, of taste, as well as a curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He has written for various magazines in the UK and USA including The World of Interiors, House & Garden, Nest, and Elle Decor. He has also written and contributed to many books, including Baroque, Baroque, The Elements of Style, and Divinely Decadent. An aesthete, wit, and dandy he is also an obsessive collector, with a particular fascination for the art and letters of the 1890s. Deidi von Schaewen is a photographer based in Paris, although she travels the world to photograph interiors for magazines such as The World of Interiors, Vogue, and Elle Decoration. She has also contributed to a number of books such as Indian Interiors, Fantasy Worlds, Divinely Decadent, and Contemporary Glamour.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781840007213 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840007214 |
| Titel | Obsessions |
| Autor | Stephen Calloway |
| Serie | Mitchell Beazley Interiors |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2004-10-16 |
| Seitenanzahl | 192 |
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