Feau and Cie: The Art of Wood Paneling: Boiseries From the 17th Century to Today

Description

The French woodwork purveyor Feau and Cie has supplied architects, designers, and museums with period paneling since 1875. Featuring documents, drawings, plaster models, panels, and antique boiserie rooms, its archive of 25,000 pieces many from the eighteenth century and Art Deco era is an unrivaled source of inspiration for re-creating heirloom spaces as well as for constructing spectacular contemporary pieces. Though the house remains best known for its magical historic rooms, it has collaborated with architects and decorators on original projects since its beginnings, and today s design greats including Michael S. Smith, Brian J. McCarthy, and Robert Couturier, among others regularly call upon the firm for elaborate projects. In this first book of the firm s work, Feau and Cie reveals a selection of its most exceptional projects, from magnificent historical abodes to daring modern creations, including a palace in Tuscany and residences in Paris, London, New York, Malibu, and Atlanta. Dazzling images of finished interiors are accompanied by details of panels, doors, and decor, while exclusive photographs by lensman Robert Polidori explore the house s Parisian atelier. The unique savoir faire of joiners, sculptors, gilders, and painter-decorators shines through in this visual celebration of decorative masterpieces, which is bound to delight design masters and art lovers alike.

Founded in 1875, Feau and Cie is a Paris-based firm specializing in antique wood paneling and reproductions. Olivier Gabet is the director of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. Robert Polidori is one of the world's most acclaimed photographers of architecture and interiors.

"Since its founding in 1875, the great-and unparalleled-French woodwork purveyor, Feau & Cie, has supplied architects, designers, and museums with period paneling. The firm has some 25,000 pieces in its archives, many from the eighteenth century to the Art Deco. The projects recounted reveal the importance of period wood detailing in defining notable interiors-those of the past and of now." -MILIEU MAGAZINE "In this title, Feau & Cie reveals a selection of its most exceptional undertakings, from magnificent historical homes to surprising modern creations, including a palace in Tuscany and residences in Paris, London, New York, Malibu and Atlanta. Dazzling images of 21 interiors are accompanied by exquisite details of panels, doors and decor, while exclusivemphotographs by Robert Polidori - whomhas a three-decade relationship working with the storied company - explore the house's timeless Parisian atelier. The expertise of joiners, sculptors, gilders and painter-decorators shines through in this visual celebration which is bound to delight aficionados of incomparable interiors and the history of decorative arts." - ANTIQUES AND THE ARTS WEEKLY