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The French Chateau: Life, Style, Tradition

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Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson

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To live in a castle is among the first childhood dreams. For a number of families, that dream has been realized in the glorious châteaux of France. Though visitors and armchair travelers delight in château architecture, they seldom see the private side of château life: how the French live day-to-day in their marvelous buildings. These stately residences are not dusty uninhabited museums, but real homes. Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery, herself born and brought up in her family's magnificent property at Montfort-le-Rotrou, takes us across France to visit the great homes she knows so well, opening doors that are usually closed to the outside world and allowing an intimate view of the unique way of life that goes on through the seasons. In the spring we attend a wedding at the Château de Groussay, and we see the drawing rooms, bedrooms, greenhouse, and orangery at Le Lude in the company of the Comtesse de Nicolay. In summer we visit the Château d'Haroué in Lorraine as guests of the Princesse de Beauvau-Craon. In autumn we follow the hunt with the Marquis and Marquise de Brissac, returning to the Château de Brissac for dinner. Baron Eric de Rothschild opens his cellars to us at Château Lafite. The onset of winter is celebrated with a boar hunt at the Château de Courances and lunch in the forest in the company of the Marquis and Marquise de Ganay. Jean-Bernard Naudin's atmospheric color photographs capture all the beauty and charm of these châteaux and the private lives of their inhabitants. 326 color photographs.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 729
EAN: 9780500282717
ISBN: 0500282714
Label: Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2001-04
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Studio: Thames & Hudson


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• French Country Hideaways: Vacationing At Private Chateaus & Manors in Rural France
• The Finest Houses Of Paris
• The Splendor of France: Great Chateaux, Mansions, and Country Houses
• Inspirations from France & Italy
• French by Design


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

just ok -
ok book,not one of my best picks,several out there that are better as far as decorating goes!

French Chateau Home Life -
An unusual and beautifully published book that profiles privately-owned chateaux, inside and out. It gives you an intimate view of life within the rooms, formal and informal, utility and casual, garden and forest. Family and friends are included from a respectable distance, showing weekend sporting activities and day to day life. Snobbish? Unapproachable? Not really. Think of it as a personable Architectural Digest a la Francaise, with much more panache.

DARE TO DREAM -
See how the other side lives in this fascinating book on private French chateaux. Their residences as well as their lifestyles are revealed in this book packed with gorgeous photos dripping with color and layers of texture. What's also interesting about this book is the history behind each property as well as its past owners. One can only dream...

The French Chateau: Life, Style, Tradition -
Christiane De Nicolay-Mazery is a fabulous author with fabulous connections. I'm an interior designer & I find Christiane De Nicolay-Mazery's books to be the most inspirational decorating books that I own. One of her other books, 'Private Houses of Paris', is my favorite book on the topic of decorating and I own almost every significant book published on this topic. I do wish that this book was available in hardback, as I prefer hardback books, but this fact should not dissuade you in purchasing it because inspirational design is absolutely on every page of this book!

A life to dream of -
If you love French history, art, decoration and life style; if you have ever dreamed of living in a beautiful French chateau, you must get this book. Each time I open this book I am enchanted. What makes this book especially interesting is that people still live in these chateaus, these dreamscapes of tall Mansart roofs, formal French gardens and rooms filled with 18th century furniture. Forget about the text, it's the ravishingly photographed gardens and interiors that inspire one to dream. Beyond the sheer fantasy of it, this book showed me how I could create a little of the "French Chateau Style" in my own humble living space.

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