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DE CAUNES Lison.

Lison de Caunes: Straw as a legacy.

Editions du Regard
€29,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 29689
Format 17.5 x 24.5
Détails 180 p., illustrated, paperback.
Publication Paris, 2023
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782841054237
With patience, consistency, and above all, her characteristic energy, Lison de Caunes rescued straw marquetry from oblivion. She was able to make it known, to revive it, certainly, but also to inscribe it in a very contemporary aesthetic. This technique reached its peak during the Art Deco period thanks to creators such as Jean-Michel Frank and André Groult. The latter, her grandfather, introduced her, as a child, to the wonders that could emerge when imagination and dexterity combine with the most humble of materials.

Lison de Caunes tells her story in these pages with sincerity and simplicity, looking back on the few decades that led her to the recognition she enjoys today. Her love of the crafts, her desire to pass on her know-how, her collaborations with the great interior designers of our time, her family whose members are none other than Benoîte Groult, her mother, Paul Poiret, Jeanne Boivin to name but a few, make us, through her story, return to the finest hours of this culture that forged our modernity.
With patience, consistency, and above all, her characteristic energy, Lison de Caunes rescued straw marquetry from oblivion. She was able to make it known, to revive it, certainly, but also to inscribe it in a very contemporary aesthetic. This technique reached its peak during the Art Deco period thanks to creators such as Jean-Michel Frank and André Groult. The latter, her grandfather, introduced her, as a child, to the wonders that could emerge when imagination and dexterity combine with the most humble of materials.

Lison de Caunes tells her story in these pages with sincerity and simplicity, looking back on the few decades that led her to the recognition she enjoys today. Her love of the crafts, her desire to pass on her know-how, her collaborations with the great interior designers of our time, her family whose members are none other than Benoîte Groult, her mother, Paul Poiret, Jeanne Boivin to name but a few, make us, through her story, return to the finest hours of this culture that forged our modernity.