Mathieu Mategot by Jousse, Philippe Caroline Mondineu (Book)

This book presents a dazzling array of furniture chairs, tables, sofas, beds and decorative objects designed and created by one of the 20th century's most influential revivalist decorating houses, who created exquisite furniture to fill the homes of their illustrious clientele which included the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Shah of Iran...

In 1931, aged 29, Jean Royère (1902-1981) resigned from a comfortable position in the import-export trade in order to set up business as an interior designer. He learnt his new trade in the cabinetmaking workshops of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris. In 1934, he designed the new layout of the Brasserie Carlton on the Champs Elysées and found immediate success, embarking upon an international career that was to endure for nearly half a century. Royère tackled all kinds of decoration work and opened branches in the Near East and Latin America; among his patrons were King Farouk, King Hussein...

A hard covered folio with 54 loose plates which show the wonderful sketches, ideas and designs of Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann for the furniture that he designed and produced from the earl...

This catalogue relates to an exhibition which took place in New York in 2001, on the work and furniture designs of Ilmari Tapiovaara, who in the mid twentieth century - 1940s and 195...