Inventing the California Look (Book) | Culture Book

Inventing the California Look Interiors by Frances Elkins, Michael Taylor, John Dickinson, and Other Design In novators From the 1940s to the 1980s, some of the best residences in Northern California were decorated by a coterie of designers whose names were once recognized only by the cognoscenti of interior design. From Frances Elkins and Tony Hail, with their aristocratic aesthetics, to Michael Taylor and John Dickinson, with their bold fantasies,

• Format: Book
• Language: English

Keywords: culture, design, photography, art

Book details

• Author: Dickinson, and Other Design Innovators
• Publisher: RIZZOLI
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 256
• Publication date: 4/5/2022
• ISBN: 9780847871520

Synopsis

Inventing the California Look (Book) | Culture Book by Dickinson, and Other Design Innovators is a hardcover book from RIZZOLI. • PHOTOGRAPHY: At the age of 96, Fred Lyon is a link to the golden age of architectural and interior photography. His work has been included in the top magazines, including Vogue and House & Garden. Represented by the Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica, Lyon’s work holds great interest for a new generation of connoisseurs and collectors. • INTERIOR DESIGNERS OF NOTE: Frances Elkins (1888–1953), Michael Taylor (1927–1986), and John Dickinson (1920–1982) are in the pantheon of American interior-design talents. Their interiors, in addition to the work of other great innovators, are showcased in this book, some images published for the first time ever or not seen for decades. • AMERICAN DESIGN: The designers in this book typified the grand design aesthetics coming out of Northern California in the twentieth century. These designers are known today, and revered by many tastemakers in the design