MAISON: Parisian Chic at Home
By Ines de la Fressange & Marin Montagut
Photography by Claire Cocano
Published by Flammarion
£30
ISBN 978-2-08-020367-0
It’s always good to change one’s own point of view and this book has had that effect on me. While I always look at books such as this I rarely want to have a copy but the authors of this book have achieved this desire through the text, photographs and delightful watercolours.
The authors Ines de la Fressange and Marin Montagut introduce us to a total of fifteen apartments, including their own. They are places which draw the reader in and stimulate the eye and mind. The mixture of old and new, practical and frivolous remind us that our homes should be ever evolving, living entities that reflect our lives and interests. The “Get the Look” pages are very useful.
This is one to keep!
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His ‘Goliath’ stands on the ‘Wessex Plinth’ outside Salisbury Museum and its form recalls the standing stones of this area. It is of West Country granite combined with a glass head which recalls the actual fragility of Goliath against the stone from David’s sling.
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