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Dior and His Decorators: Victor Grandpierre, Georges Geffroy, and the New Look

Maureen Footer · Vendome Press
Pages: 195
Format: Hardcover

Dior and His Decorators is the first work on the two interior designers most closely associated with Christian Dior. Like the unabashedly luxurious fashions of Dior's New Look, which debuted in 1947, the interior designs of Victor Grandpierre and Georges Geffroy infused a war-weary...
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Ballet: The Definitive Illustrated History

DK · DK
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

This DK visual guide to ballet history goes beyond other ballet books, with beautiful photography that captures famous dancers and key stories.Discover more than 70 of the most famous ballet dances, from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake to The Rite of Spring. Learn the stories behind renowned...
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Knitting Out of Africa

Marianne Isager · Interweave
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Beautiful and historic African carpets, baskets, and other textiles provide the design inspiration for these 16 sophisticated knitted cardigans, pullovers, and sweater vests. Intended for seasoned knitters, these projects use domino, double knitting, entrelac, intarsia, and stranded two-color...
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Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism

Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley · University of Texas Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Making headlines when it was launched in 2015, Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley's undergraduate course "Beyoncé Feminism, Rihanna Womanism" has inspired students from all walks of life. In Beyoncé in Formation, Tinsley now takes her rich observations beyond the classroom, using...
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Building Reuse: Sustainability, Preservation, and the Value of Design

Kathryn Rogers Merlino · University of Washington Press
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

In Building Reuse: Sustainability, Preservation, and the Value of Design, Kathryn Rogers Merlino makes an impassioned case that truly sustainable design requires reusing and reimagining existing buildings. The construction and operation of buildings is responsible for 41 percent of all primary...
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Versailles

Colin Jones · Basic Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The vivid story of the creation, renovation, and enduring legacy of the most famous building in France: the palace of VersaillesNothing represents the glorious and fraught history of France quite like the Palace of Versailles. Made famous by the absolutist king Louis XIV, Versailles became...
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Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth

Michael S. Engel · Sterling
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating look at the world's most numerous inhabitants, illustrated with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. To date, we have discovered and described or named around 1.1 million insect species, and thousands of new species...
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