Obsessions by Stephen Calloway

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
Title	Obsessions
Author	Stephen Calloway
Series	Mitchell Beazley Interiors
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Octopus Publishing Group
Year published	2004-10-16
Number of pages	192
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