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"The Art of the Interior: Timeless Designs by the Master Decorators (Flammarion, $60), a new book from prolific design author Barbara Stoeltie and photographer Ren\u00E9 Stoeltie (her husband and longtime collaborator), beautifully documents the era-defining decorators and the memorable\u2014though occasionally controversial\u2014trends of the past four centuries of interior design.\n\nThe volume's rich, seductive photographs prove that details like ornate upholstery, gilding, and tufting may go in and out of style, but a well-executed room transcends any fad. Lavishly embellished spaces created for 17th-century royals still evoke awe and admiration.\n\nPinterestFacebookA Louis XIII sofa is surrounded by the Duchess of Uz\u00E8s's hunting trophies in the salon of her ch\u00E2teau. Photo: Ren\u00E9 Stoeltie\n\nStrong personalities often inspire the most interesting interiors, and the volume features several extraordinary examples. The hunting lodge of the Duchess of Uz\u00E8s, Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart, was decorated in the late 19th century and is adorned with approximately two thousand sets of antlers. The vast collection, evidence of her passion for hunting, dominates the home's walls and coffered ceilings.\n\nPinterestFacebookSilver-leaf doors lead into a petite study at Germany's Charlottenhof Palace, which was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, a disciple of Robert Adam and Friedrich von Erdmannsdorf, in the early 19th century. Photo: Ren\u00E9 Stoeltie\n\nFamous spaces such as Bill Willis's interpreted Orientalism in Marrakech and classic bright American interiors by Billy Baldwin exemplify John Saladino's declaration in the book's foreword: \"Interior design, when undertaken by people with great talent, becomes fine art.\"\n\nPinterestFacebookAn 18th-century h\u00F4tel particulier decorated by Yves Gastou. Photo: Ren\u00E9 Stoeltie"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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