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Billy Baldwin Remembers by Billy Baldwin (Book)
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A resplendent memoir by the dean of decorators of his more than forty years of creating beautiful things for fascinating people. Billy Baldwin writes intimately of Greta Garbo, Cole Porter, Mary Wells, Gilbert and Kitty Miller, Mrs William Paley, Diana Vreeland, the two Jackies (Kennedy and Onassis), and others of his famous clients.
He gives us a well an irresistible account of the dark side of decorating - the impossible clients - in stories that are wickedly funny not least because of Baldwin's perpetual astonishment in the face of the absurd (the Broadway producer who wants a sofa covered in "a material I've never seen...ideally one that has never ever been made" or the playwright who orders him to buy false book spines to fill her bookcases).
Through these pages teeming with invaluable decorating hints, the reader can trace the development of the theories that have made Baldwin the most sought after, admired, and imitated decorator on two continents. But the greatest pleasure will be in getting to know Billy Baldwin himself: his love for beauty, his nearly superhuman tolerance of idiosyncrasy, and his gentle, accepting humour.
Billy Baldwin Remembers is a delicious to look at as it is to read: more than 100 photographs in colour and black and white illustrate Baldwin's decorating landmarks, innovation, and just mere triumphs. 232 pages. 1220 grams.
- Dimensions:Height: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)Width: 8.75 in (22.23 cm)Depth: 0.88 in (2.24 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1974
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:North Yorkshire, GB
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