Café Society: Art and Sociability in Belle Époque Paris manet

Café Society: Art and Sociability in Belle Époque Paris manetA wonderful volume which captures the central role of Parisian cafs as a source of inspiration in the development of modern art. Presenting over fifty five works by a broad cross section of major and lesser known names in French and expatriate American art, the volume looks at the changing role of cafs as gathering places for a new type of urban bourgeois clientele, that increasingly dominated life in central Paris in the late nineteenth century. The

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Weave: Hand tufted

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Dimensions: 100 x 203 cm

while the lightweight finish ensures comfort and versatility

each item is slip-cast

Publisher: Penguin Classics