James Mont: The King Cole Penthouse
Book Details
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Interior Design
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780615179964
- ISBN-10
- 0615179967
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ISBN: 0615179967
Author: Merrill, Todd
Condition: New
The first book devoted to James Mont, the important and uniquely American Mid-Century interior and furniture designer. He established his reputation in America for creating custom clandestine bars during prohibition for Hollywood stars and East Coast mobsters. By the mid-thirties he had a thriving design business based in New York City. His aesthetic was defined by combining post-Deco glamour with Oriental accents such as exotic finishes, smoked mirrors, and an abundance of silver and gilt. His characteristic designs often refashioned Asian motives, a transformation Mont described as "Chinese Modern". It was very common for one of his creations to have more than a dozen layers of lacquer and/or gold leaf.
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