{"product_id":"the-invention-of-chic-therese-bonney-and-paris-moderne","title":"The Invention of Chic: Therese Bonney and Paris Moderne","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating from the Sorbonne in 1921 until the outbreak of World War II  American Therese Bonney pursued a prolific career as a photojournalist. She founded the first American illustrated press service in Europe  whose specialty was modern French design and architecture. The Bonney Service did business with some twenty countries  but her homeland was always the chief focus of Bonneys tremendous energies. In America  she declared \"our offices  our cars  our clothes reflect modern life  but our furniture and our homes are of the past.\" She made it her mission to change that. Housed at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum  Bonneys amazing and little-known archive comprehensively documents the modern movement in Paris between the wars. She photographed architecture and interiors  applied arts  and fashion in private residences  annual salons  and public exhibitions. Rene Herbst  Jean Dunand  Rene Prou  Paul Poiret  Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann  Pierre Chareau  Eileen Gray  Jean Puiforcat...her captions record the glory days of Art Deco and Moderne. Bonney also recorded the changing face of Paris as the city embraced the modernist aesthetic. She turned her lens on shop fronts and window displays  advertising and graphic arts  theaters  restaurants  nightclubs  and bars. The international public was hungry to glimpse the glamour and finery of Paris  and Bonneys photographs delivered haute couture  jewelry  beauty salons  and chic department stores. 180 duotone photographs and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44987652669493,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500510962","price":278.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500510964.jpg?v=1770951014","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-invention-of-chic-therese-bonney-and-paris-moderne","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}