📗 Libro en inglés THE BIBLE OF BRITISH TASTE

Based on the hugely popular blog magazine and Instagram account of the same name The Bible of British Taste explores the meaning of traditional British style Rejecting the pristine and predictable in favour of the lived in and characterful this is an aesthetic created from art antiques the reused found and hand made and the layers of history laid down by generations of home makers As author Ruth Guilding puts it My personal mantra for the descriptions of people and their houses in this book roughly seems to be that old stuff is good and perfection is boring Taking her contexts from William Morris the Bloomsbury set and today s leading artistic makers and innovators Guilding explores the meaning of home and our everlasting preoccupation with domestic taste self presentation and decorating styles With hundreds of images of remarkable gardens and interiors domestic icons and folk art narratives and featuring renowned tastemakers from Sir Roy Strong and Jasper Conran to Luke Edward Hall Bridget Elworthy of the Land Gardeners and Ben Pentreath The Bible of British Taste shines a new light on the quirky charms of unconventional British style With unrivalled access to some of Britain s most extraordinary homes this is the definitive guide to the n