About the Author

A specialist in 20th-century decorative arts and design, Guillemette Delaporte was in charge of the Modern and Contemporary Department of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs of Paris, then head of collections development at its library. She has organised many exhibitions there, including Charlotte Perriand, un art de vivre in 1985, and Les annees UAM 1929-1958 in 1988. She is the author of Marcel Gascoin, decorateur des Trente Glorieuses published by Editions Norma. Preface by Alain Fleischer, filmmaker, photographer, novelist, and director of the Fresnoy-Studio national des arts contemporains.