THE STYLEMAKERS Beaux livres de loisirs The survey covers several decades

The survey covers several decades of Mies's work

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displays her gift for using light and expressing sensuality

Contributor: David Chipperfield

THE STYLEMAKERS Beaux livres de loisirs The survey covers several decadesIn Paris in the 1920's a new style was born, rejecting the embellishments of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, it allied the linear proportions of late eighteenth century furniture to a twentieth century perception, paring down superfluous detail to the essence of classic modernism. The ostensible creation of iconic interior decorator Jean Michel Frank, the new style owed much to a circle of South American collectors and patrons, including Eugenia Errzuriz, a