Living Room Areas, Villa Trianon, Versailles

Artist/Designer: Elsie De Wolfe

Project Location: Paris, France

Figure 1: Living Room Area ( Source | Accessed : February 1, 2017 )

Figure 2: Living Room Area ( Source | Accessed : February 1, 2017 )

Figure 3: Living Room Area ( Source | Accessed : February 1, 2017 )

Figure 4: Hallway/Passageway ( Source | Accessed : February 1, 2017 )

Figure 5: Garden Tent at Villa Trianon, Versaille, France ( Source | Accessed : September 21, 2017 )

Style/Period(s):
Modern

Primary Material(s):
Fabric, Textile, Wood

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

"A Life in Good Taste." The New Yorker. | Accessed : February 1, 2017

Article on Jstor, The 'Ideal' and the 'Real' Interior in Elsie de Wolfe's "The House in Good Taste" of 1913, by Penny Sparke | Accessed : February 1, 2017

Designing Lucile LTD: Couture and the Modern Interior 1900-1920s, by Samantha Erin Safer | Accessed : February 1, 2017

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
De Wolfe, Elsie. The House in Good Taste. New York: Dodo Press, 2009.

Sparke, Penny. Elsie De Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration. New York: Acanthus Press, 2005.

Smith, Jane. Elsie De Wolfe: A Life in the High Style: The Elegant Life and Remarkable Career of Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl. New York: Atheneum, 1982.

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