La maison de verre : Pierre Chareau's modernist masterwork / Dominique Vellay ; photographs by François Halard.

Main entry:

Vellay, Dominique.

Title & Author:

La maison de verre : Pierre Chareau's modernist masterwork / Dominique Vellay ; photographs by François Halard.

Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, 2007.

Description:

160 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
The lady of the Maison de Verre -- The photographs: The entrance and main staircase -- The great room and dining room -- The study -- The blue sitting room -- The master bedroom and bathroom -- The corridor-gallery and bedrooms -- The kitchen -- The doctor's realm -- The house and its people -- Pierre Chareau -- Floor plans.

Summary:

"The Maison de Verre (literally "House of Glass") is a rarely seen modernist masterpiece in the center of Paris. Here, for the first time, is the inside story of its birth and character." "In 1927 Annie and Jean Dalsace acquired an eighteenth-century town house and commissioned their friend, the architect and designer Pierre Chareau, to turn it into a modern dwelling. What he did was without precedent. Underpinning the top story, he removed everything beneath it, replaced the walls with translucent glass bricks, installed remotely controlled swiveling windows and divided the interior by perforated metal screens that rotate or slide silently. He built galleried balconies and open-topped staircases that permit the eye to rove freely through the space and to appreciate works of art collected by the modern-spirited Annie Dalsace, and the unique collection of furniture designed by the architect, some covered with tapestry by the artist Jean Lurcat." "The text is by Dominique Vellay, granddaughter of the original clients, who has known the house ever since her childhood, and makes us experience it at first hand. The photographs are by the internationally renowned Francois Halard."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780500513040 (hbk.)
050051304X (hbk.)

Subject:

Chareau, Pierre.
Dalsace, Annie Homes and haunts France Paris.
Dalsace, Jean Homes and haunts France Paris.
Chareau, Pierre Criticism and interpretation.
Chareau, Pierre Critique et interprétation.
Dalsace, Annie Résidences et lieux familiers France Paris.
Dalsace, Jean Résidences et lieux familiers France Paris.
Dalsace, Jean
Maison de verre (Paris, France) Pictorial works.
Maison de verre (Paris, France).
Maison de Verre (Paris, France) Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture, Domestic France Paris Pictorial works.
Interior architecture France Paris Pictorial works.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) France Paris Pictorial works.
Glass construction France Paris.
Architecture, Modern 20th century France.
Architecture France.
Construction en verre France Paris.
Architecture intérieure France Paris Ouvrages illustrés.
Glass construction
Architecture, Domestic
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Homes
Interior architecture
Woningen.
Inrichting.
Glas.
Paris (France) Constructions.
France Paris
Parijs.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Halard, François, photographer.
Halard, François.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252077
Call No.: BIB 181713
Status: Available

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