2008, ISBN: 9780393732351

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Quarto (12-1/4" x 9-1/4"). 325, (1)pp. Index. Double column text. Color photo dust jacket with brown spine l… More...

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Quarto (12-1/4" x 9-1/4"). 325, (1)pp. Index. Double column text. Color photo dust jacket with brown spine lettered in white, over gray cloth lettered in copper. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. A fine copy. "Michael Taylor (1927-1986)-dubbed "the James Dean of interior design" by the legendary Diana Vreeland and "the best decorator in the United States" by society and fashion photographer Cecil Beaton - revolutionized interior design in the 1970s and 1980s with the "California Look" that brought the outdoors inside. Time magazine proclaimed in 1986 that Taylor was "the designer who brought logs, bark, and wicker inside the home, then stripped the floors, painted walls white and often added an ancient vase to produce an airy, informal, yet still classic quality." "Taylor's personality as well as his interiors were larger than life. He began his career as a design assistant to several prominent designers in San Francisco before establishing his own business in 1954. He soon became the favorite of San Francisco's elite, inheriting many of the famous designer Frances Elkins's clients after her death in 1953. Taylor was Elkins's greatest disciple, although they never worked together, and he incorporated her use of complementary colors and the furnishings of designers Jean-Michel Frank and Alberto Giacometti. He mixed casual pieces with formal, modern rustic with antique, to create comfortable and eclectic interiors that were sought after by Hollywood stars, society leaders, and prominent civic leaders alike." "Among the notable interiors covered in this lavishly illustrated book are Taylor's own Sea Cliff home and office; the restaurant Fleur de Lys in San Francisco, California (1970); the Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley, California [1980]; a villa for a sheikh in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1982); and fifty commissions for a wide variety of clients around the world. Michael Taylor's work and the "California Look" continue to influence interior design today."--Jacket. Contents: An overview -- Projects. Mr. and Mrs. Everett W. Turner, 1956 ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, 1956 ; Mr. and Mrs. John S. Logan, 1957 ; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Richards, 1957 ; Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Walker, 1958 ; Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Schlesinger, 1958 ; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ryan, 1960 ; Mrs. Maryon Davies Lewis, 1963 ; Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Rucker, 1963 ; Mr. and Mrs. William Green, 1964 ; Mr. James Wilson and Mrs. Esther Wilson, 1965 ; Mr. and Mrs. William E. Roberts, 1965 ; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Beyer, 1966 ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Fay Jr., 1966 ; Mrs. Diana Dollar Hickingbotham, 1967 ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Fay Jr., 1967 ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Folger Miller Jr., 1968 ; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Walker, 1970 ; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Beyer, 1971 ; Mr. and Mrs. John G. Bowes, 1971 ; Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hamm III, 1972 ; Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Clark, 1973 ; Mr. and Mrs. George R. McKeon, 1973 ; Mr. Byron Meyer, 1974 ; Private residence, 1975 ; Mr. Gil Garfield, 1976 ; Mr. Alfred Wilsey and Ms. Pat Montandon, 1977 ; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Familian, 1978 ; Mr. and Mrs. Marc Nathanson, 1978 ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phillips, 1978 ; Mr. and Mrs. Toby Schreiber, 1978 ; Ms. Pat Montandon, 1979 ; Mr. and Mrs. John N. Rosekrans Jr., 1980 ; Mr. Douglas S. Cramer, 1980 ; Mr. Charles Evans, 1980 ; Mr. and Mrs. Gorham B. Knowles, 1981 ; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Spieker Jr., 1981 ; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Wilsey, 1982 ; Ms. Eileen McKeon, 1982 ; Mrs. Stanley Dollar Jr., 1982 ; Private residence, 1983 ; Mr. Gil Garfield, 1983 ; Mr. and Mrs. Gorham B. Knowles, 1983 ; Mr. and Mrs. Allan Simon, 1983 ; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cramer, 1984 ; Mr. and Mrs. John G. Bowes, 1985., W. W. Norton & Company, 2008, 5<

2008, ISBN: 9780393732351

Hardcover

New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG(boards show light shelfwear and bumping to corners; DJ shows shelfwear and extremely minor tearing at corner; pages are cl… More...

New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG(boards show light shelfwear and bumping to corners; DJ shows shelfwear and extremely minor tearing at corner; pages are clean and bright; text block is solid). Taupe cloth boards with gilt lettering; colorfully illustrated DJ with taupe lettering; colorful portrait frontispiece; 325 pp.; richly illustrated in color. "Michael Taylor (1927-1986)-dubbed "the James Dean of interior design" by the legendary Diana Vreeland and "the best decorator in the United States" by society and fashion photographer Cecil Beaton - revolutionized interior design in the 1970s and 1980s with the "California Look" that brought the outdoors inside. Time magazine proclaimed in 1986 that Taylor was "the designer who brought logs, bark, and wicker inside the home, then stripped the floors, painted walls white and often added an ancient vase to produce an airy, informal, yet still classic quality." "Taylor's personality as well as his interiors were larger than life. He began his career as a design assistant to several prominent designers in San Francisco before establishing his own business in 1954. He soon became the favorite of San Francisco's elite, inheriting many of the famous designer Frances Elkins's clients after her death in 1953. Taylor was Elkins's greatest disciple, although they never worked together, and he incorporated her use of complementary colors and the furnishings of designers Jean-Michel Frank and Alberto Giacometti. He mixed casual pieces with formal, modern rustic with antique, to create comfortable and eclectic interiors that were sought after by Hollywood stars, society leaders, and prominent civic leaders alike." "Among the notable interiors covered in this lavishly illustrated book are Taylor's own Sea Cliff home and office; the restaurant Fleur de Lys in San Francisco, California (1970); the Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley, California [1980]; a villa for a sheikh in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1982); and fifty commissions for a wide variety of clients around the world. Michael Taylor's work and the "California Look" continue to influence interior design today."-- Jacket., W.W. Norton & Co, 2008, 3<

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