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Trompe l'oeil at home : faux finishes and fantasy settings / Karen S. Chambers ; foreword by Jocasta Innes

By:

Chambers, Karen S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Rizzoli , c1991Description: 224 p. : illus. ; 27 cmISBN:

0847814203

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

747 CHA

LOC classification:

N7430.5 .C48 1991

Summary: With a breathtaking collection of photographs, this volume shows how rooms can be magically transformed through tromp-l'oeil murals, objects, paintings and fabrics, as well as with painted faux finishes that dazzle and beguile the viewer. These ingenious techniques turn wodden floors into opulent marble expanses, adorn plain walls with neoclassical moldings, upgrade ordinary furniture to period pieces, and add sumptuous garden views to windowless rooms.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	747 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006832

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index.

With a breathtaking collection of photographs, this volume shows how rooms can be magically transformed through tromp-l'oeil murals, objects, paintings and fabrics, as well as with painted faux finishes that dazzle and beguile the viewer. These ingenious techniques turn wodden floors into opulent marble expanses, adorn plain walls with neoclassical moldings, upgrade ordinary furniture to period pieces, and add sumptuous garden views to windowless rooms.

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