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"Le Papier Peint Decor d'Illusion" 1987 JACQUE, Bernard (SOLD)

JACQUE, Bernard et NOUVEL-KAMMERER, Odile

w/ 67 planches

Editions Jean-Pierre Gyss

1987

12 3/4" x 9 3/4"

VG

The shadow of wealth - Illusion and patterns, from textile to wallpaper: velvet, silks, draperies, lace, quilting, rugs, tapestries - From architecture to wallpaper: architectural ornaments, paintings, sculpture and bas-reliefs, fake wood - Interior garden: greenery, arbours and trellises - Techniques: trough printing, shine effects, satin finishing, smoothing, darkening, embossing, printing in cylinder, irises, intaglio, velvety, varnishes, etc.