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09Oct

The Watch: Stories and Savoir Faire – Audemars Piguet

Description This ultimate reference on fine watchmaking offers a comprehensive overview of the history and anatomy of luxury timepieces.Taking readers behind the scenes to discover the captivating realm of mechanical watches, this indispensable reference provides rare insight into the world of fine watchmaking. Designed for watch enthusiasts, experts, and industry professionals alike, the book examines

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18Dec

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Modern Artisan: A World of Craft Tradition and Innovation – Isabelle Dupuy Chavanat

Every culture is rooted in an artisanal tradition that combines locally sourced materials, time-honored savoir faire, and a desire to adorn and embellish objects from daily life. Here, thirty-eight women and men—from the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, India, Italy, France, Mali, Mexico, and beyond—open their workshops to share their heritage,

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03Dec

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Expressive Interiors – Jo Berryman

A certain kind of alchemy takes place when you decorate from the heart and style with conviction. In Expressive Interiors, designer Jo Berryman celebrates a sense of adventure and self-expression in decoration. Jo opens the door to a selection of her own projects as well as paying tribute to other interiors that

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08Nov

The World of Atelier Vime: A Renaissance of Wicker and Style Benoît Rauzy (author), Anthony Watson (author), Marie Godfrain (author)

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The World of Atelier Vime: A Renaissance of Wicker and Style – Benoît Rauzy, Anthony Watson, Marie Godfrain

Atelier Vime, established in Vallabrègues Provence in 1878 in a grand eighteenth-century house, draws on the long tradition of wickerwork in this village of basket-makers on the banks of the Rhône River. This magnificent book invites the reader to explore the poetic settings of their homes across France in Provence, Brittany,

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12Aug

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INSPIRED LIVING

Many of us have been inspired by the recent beautiful images of the buildings in Paris, which may have prompted your own desire to visit, but it’s not just Paris that can fire our imagination. Every country, including our own, has the most beautiful architecture and its own style of interior

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24Apr

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Living Beautifully in Paris – Mathilde Favier

This scintillating volume takes readers on an exclusive journey through Paris, guided by Mathilde Favier—the charismatic public relations director at Dior Couture.

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20Mar

Creative Studio

Studio Ceramics (Victoria and Albert Museum) – Alun Graves & Tanya Harrod

Contemporary ceramicists working in Britain, including Rachel Kneebone, Grayson Perry and Edmund de Waal, are part of a broader international group of artists experimenting with clay, considering how it intersects and works in dialogue with other art forms and with culture at large.

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11Feb

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The V&A Sourcebook of Pattern and Ornament (Victoria and Albert Museum) – Amelia Calver

A richly illustrated sourcebook of two-dimensional pattern and three dimensional ornamentation, presenting more than 1,000 historic and contemporary examples from around the world.

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29Jan

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RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Bead Embroidery – Shelley Cox

Historically beads have always been seen as a desirable source of embellishment. From earliest times beads have been fashioned from a variety of sources to add something special to a garment.

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