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Belgian interior designers 1920-1930.
CULOT Maurice, PIRLOT Anne Marie.

Belgian interior designers 1920-1930.

AAM
€120,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 30031
Format 23 x 30.5
Détails 576 p., numerous photographs, publisher's hardcover.
Publication Paris, 2023
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782871434085
Deprived of orders for luxury furniture (a French monopoly) and large-scale production (a stronghold of Germany and Austria), the Belgian modernist decorators of the interwar period forged an original and experimental path for themselves. The book evokes their history at the heart of a period of intense change, marked by the birth of plywood, which counteracted the devastating effects of central heating on furniture, the craze for malleable wood, the appearance of chrome-plated tubular furniture, combination furniture, indirect lighting, the revival of weaving, wallpaper, and knick-knacks. It is a true artistic adventure that unfolds in these abundantly illustrated pages, written by a team of specialists, based on the exceptional collections of the International Centre for the City, Architecture and Landscape, soon to be housed in a new museum in Brussels: the Kanal-Centre Pompidou.
Deprived of orders for luxury furniture (a French monopoly) and large-scale production (a stronghold of Germany and Austria), the Belgian modernist decorators of the interwar period forged an original and experimental path for themselves. The book evokes their history at the heart of a period of intense change, marked by the birth of plywood, which counteracted the devastating effects of central heating on furniture, the craze for malleable wood, the appearance of chrome-plated tubular furniture, combination furniture, indirect lighting, the revival of weaving, wallpaper, and knick-knacks. It is a true artistic adventure that unfolds in these abundantly illustrated pages, written by a team of specialists, based on the exceptional collections of the International Centre for the City, Architecture and Landscape, soon to be housed in a new museum in Brussels: the Kanal-Centre Pompidou.