Book Description
Biedermeier furniture and interior design are recognized today as the first great flowering of haute bourgeois
taste in interior design. Biedermeier is a style with great range, from austere to sumptuous, but it is never ostentatious
in its celebration of comfort, domestic intimacy, and practicality. Beginning in the early nineteenth century,
these bourgeois ideals in design were pursued by a wide range of society from the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollern to
the middle class, from Middle Europe to Italy, yet Biedermeier's innate classicism, its lyrical yet elegant forms,
have made it an influential inspiration in our own time. The World of Biedermeier celebrates the elements
of a wonderfully appealing style—the furniture, decorative elements, paintings, crystal, porcelain, fabrics—as
no other recent book on furniture and design. Created out of an enraptured obsession with Biedermeier—shared by
Karl Kemp, the renowned antiques dealer, and Linda Chase, the noted interior designer and writer—this book is an
extraordinary paean to an irresistible style. The hundreds of brilliant color photographs by Lois Lammerhuber set
a new standard for design and furniture photography, and the book has been opulently designed and produced. To
experience the story of Biedermeier, we explore enchanting castles, royal residences, a Roman-inspired bathhouse,
museum attics, and storage annexes in Vienna, Berlin, and elsewhere. Lammerhuber was the first photographer granted
free access to the extraordinary holdings of the Hofmobiliendepot, the Imperial Furniture Collection in Vienna.
Here too are the treasures of the Hofburg Silberkammer museum, plus features on the work of the great Biedermeier
designers Joseph Danhauser and Karl Friedrich Schinkel. A chapter on current uses of Biedermeier illustrates the
timeless quality of this style, from full traditional settings to the way that Biedermeier furniture looks fresh
and alive in contemporary settings. An illustrated reference section will prove an indispensable guide to anyone
interested in this rich homage to Middle European culture. 200 color illustrations.
The World of Biedermeier
The World of Biedermeier,Linda Chase,Karl Kemp,Lois Lammerhuber,Thames & Hudson,0500510555,Architecture,Austria,Biedermeier (Art),Biedermeier style,Decoration and ornament,Design - Furniture,Furniture,Furniture Arts And Crafts,Germany,Home Improvement / Construction,Interior Design - General,Interior Design - Style Books,Residential Interior Design
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