A refreshing antidote to the contrived nature of much contemporary interior design, the textiles and decoration of Nathalie Farman-Farma have gained a devoted following among celebrity and socialite clients for their folkloric charm and romantic exuberance.
Drawing on the enchantment of fairytales and a history of material culture spanning Persia, Central Asia and Russia, Farman-Farma employs traditional printmaking techniques to create exquisitely detailed fabrics, which she uses to conjure interiors infused with warmth and natural charisma.
Farman-Farma’s townhouse and studio in London and her family homes in Connecticut and Lake Tahoe feature in this captivating volume, forming the backdrop for her Décors Barbares range of fabrics, as well as her vast collection of antique textiles, costumes and jewellery.
Vogue has called Farman-Farma ‘the textile designer you need to know’. Her clients include Lauren Santo Domingo, Tory Burch and influential interior designer David Netto, who writes the foreword to this book.
About the Author
Nathalie Farman-Farma was raised in Paris, France, and Greenwich, Connecticut. She studied classics at Brown and Columbia before working as associate editor for The New Yorker. She founded her studio, Décors Barbares, in 2010 in London, where she lives with her husband Amir and their two children.
About the Photographer
Miguel Flores-Vianna has been a photographer, writer and editor for more than 20 years. His books include A Wandering Eye (Vendome) and Haute Bohemians (Vendome), named design book of the year by T magazine. His photography is regularly published in AD and Cabana. He lives in London.
Industry Reviews
"Nathalie Farman-Farma draws from ancient Eastern and Western influences with scholarly respect and stylish abandon."--T: The New York Times Style Magazine
"D?cors Barbares features the author's own homes, where her folkloric textiles and romantic decoration are on full display."--Remodelista
"A deep well of references and a wonderful eye for color lie at the heart of this book from Nathalie Farman-Farma, the much sought-after decorator and textile designer."--Vogue
"D?cors Barbares costars [Farman-Farma's] personal spaces from the atelier at her London residence to an 1890s house in Greenwich, Connecticut. The addresses may be far-flung, but each celebrates her Silk Road chic with a spirited marriage of the vibrant palettes of Central Asia to the plum silhouettes of 19th-century Europe."--Architectural Digest
"Farman-Farma welcomes readers into her own family homes. Spanning from London to Connecticut to the shores of Lake Tahoe, the rooms she has created allow viewers to travel further still thanks to her rich and worldly array of inspiration."--Architectural Digest
"Featuring her London townhouse and studio, as well as her family homes in Connecticut and Lake Tahoe, this volume goes inside the mind and mesmerizing spaces of the designer and her delectable D?cors Barbares range of fabrics, antique textiles, costumes and jewelry."--Porter
"In devising the opulent fabrics and textiles for her company, D?cors Barbares, Nathalie Farman-Farma often looks to fairytales for inspiration, as well as particular regions of the world, such as Persia, Central Asia, and Russia. . . . Her interiors are real-life fairytales."--Milieu
"Maximalists will drool over Nathalie Farman-Farma's richly-layered interiors, swathed in the patterns of her fabric house, D?cors Barbares."--House Beautiful
"Of all the big-gun design books coming out this season, none has been more hotly anticipated than that of the textile designer and alchemist Nathalie Farman-Farma. The pages of D?cors Barbares: The Enchanting Interiors of Nathalie Farman-Farma depict a world of pattern upon pattern, of nostalgia for a past that Mongiardino made grand, Zeffirelli made fantastical, but only Nathalie made sweet, cool, and relatable."--Elle D?cor
