Jacques Garcia

A Sicilian Dream: Villa Elena

Jacques Garcia, Alain Stella, Bruno Ehrs

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English

Flammarion
15 November 2022

Professional interior design

Celebrated interior designer Jacques Garcia invites readers for the first time inside his private residence in Sicily. The former monastery, rebuilt in Noto's characteristic golden limestone, boasts spectacular salons that have been restored with a profusion of noble materials and techniques: colored marbles, flamboyant stucco work, majolica tiles, damask silks, and velvets. Time stops in the elegant music room decorated with embroidered silks and rococo-style mirrors that reflect the decor to infinity; the gilded dining room is hung with silk damask wall coverings, an eighteenth-century Murano chandelier, and furnished with Chantilly porcelain and antique Italian rococo chairs. The grand marble salon features baroque paintings and a stunning collection of sculpture and Sicilian furniture.

The exquisite villa--surrounded by shaded terraces planted with towering cacti, succulents, and colorful birds of paradise--attests to Garcia's love of ancient civilizations, and his masterful blending of Arab, Norman, Renaissance, and Baroque influences that converge in Sicily's colorful history. The domain, dotted with ancient sculptures and reflecting pools, is graced with splendid panoramic views revealing the sea near Syracuse, a distant folly, a restored villa nestled in an ancient olive grove, and the decaying grandeur of a classical temple reconstructed with ancient fragments.

By: Jacques Garcia
Photographs by: Bruno Ehrs
Text by: Alain Stella
Imprint: Flammarion
Country of Publication: France
Dimensions: Height: 350mm, Width: 265mm,
Weight: 2.720kg
ISBN: 9782081513518
ISBN 10: 208151351X
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 15 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alain Stella has written many books including Jacques Garcia: Twenty Years of Passion, Château du Champ de Bataille, Historic Houses of Paris, French Wine Châteaux: Distinctive Vintages and Their Estates. Bruno Ehrs is an award-winning Swedish photographer whose work has been published in Château de Villette, Villa Balbiano, A Day at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, and Chaumet: Parisian Jeweler since 1780.

Reviews for Jacques Garcia: A Sicilian Dream: Villa Elena

Jacques Garcia's sumptuous restoration of a Sicilian monastery refreshes exquisite baroque designs with modern flourishes and a richness only found in Italian villas of the past. With exquisite photography and elegant prose, A Sicilian Dream: Villa Elena will transport you to the southern Italian state no matter where you are. -FREDERIC MAGAZINE