Henri Samuel: Master of the French Interior

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The first book dedicated to Henri Samuel, regarded as one of the most pre-eminent French interior designers of the twentieth century and acclaimed for his mastery of historic design, in addition to his eye for latest presentation and furnishings–a high-point addition to Rizzoli’s continuing coverage of the masters of the field.
Design legend Henri Samuel believed that a successful interior was once one in which an observer never suspected that a decorator had been involved. This book takes the reader inside some of Samuel’s groundbreaking and inspiring interiors, beginning with his first job assisting Stéphane Boudin of Jansen in the 1920s through postwar Paris society and into the go-go ’80s. All through his illustrious career, Samuel created rarefied and beautiful environments for his jet-set clientele–Doris Duke, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Susan and John Gutfreund, Valentino Garavani, and more than one Rothschilds and Vanderbilts. Such was once his expertise that museums such as Versailles and the Metropolitan Museum of Art consulted him on the installation of period rooms. Samuel was once a master at reproducing intimate spaces in quite a lot of historic styles along with mixing those styles in an erudite way: modernist paintings were installed over Empire consoles, Louis XIII furniture shared space with Oriental objects, neoclassical chairs were placed beside tables of brass and Plexiglas.

This book records Samuel’s life, his career, and the luxurious interiors he created for his clients and himself–rooms that look as fresh and alive today as they did when they were first arranged. This can be a necessary addition to any design library.

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