TY - BOOK AU - Martin-Vivier,Pierre-Emmanuel AU - Frank,Jean-Michel TI - Jean-Michel Frank: the strange and subtle luxury of the Parisian haute-monde in the Art Deco period SN - 9780847830299 (hbk.) U1 - 747.092 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Rizzoli KW - Frank, Jean-Michel, KW - Interior decoration KW - France KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Furniture design KW - Decoration and ornament KW - Art deco N1 - Originally published: Paris, France : Norma, c2006, under title: Jean-Michel Frank : l'étrange luxe du rien; Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-393) and index; Jean-Michel Frank: designing the absolute: preface / Bruno Foucart -- Rediscovering an artist -- [I.] The life of Jean-Michel Frank : In the shadow of Silberman -- Jean-Michel Frank, amateur -- Jean-Michel Frank, interior designer and man about town -- [II.] The interior design of Jean -Michel Frank : The invention of a style -- The consecration of a style -- The blossoming of a style -- A collective enterprise -- The haute couture interior designer -- The stage designer -- An international career -- [III.] From concept to marketing : The designers -- The Rue Montauban Atelier -- Production and sales -- [IV.] The esthetics of renunciation : The negation of interior decoration -- Occasional quotations -- An avant-garde clientele -- Literary modernism -- [V.] Jean-Michel Frank's work as an artistic director : A designer's work -- Contributions from Frank's artists -- Frank and the French style -- The Frank moment ER -