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New Classic Interiors By Alessandra Branca with Christine Pittel

Italian-born Alessandra Branca divides her time between New York, Rome, and Chicago, where she founded her design firm in 1984 and opened her retail store in 2008. She is developing her Branca Home licensed collections, featuring furniture, rugs, tabletop, textiles, and lighting designs. Her award-winning work has been featured in such publications as House & Garden, House Beautiful, Traditional Home, Veranda, and Elle Decor. Christine Pittel is a prominent interior design writer and contributing editor to House Beautiful. She co-wrote STC’s An Affair with a House with Bunny Williams.

200 full-color photographs 272 pages, 10½ x 13" Hardcover with jacket ISBN 978-1-58479-787-6 US $60.00 CAN $78.00 UK £34.99 Interior Design Rights: World Pub month: October TO PLACE AN ORDER Please call your sales representative or Hachette Book Group USA at (800) 759-0190 or fax (800) 286-9471 TO INQUIRE ABOUT PUBLICITY Please call (212) 229-8823 or fax (212) 366-0809 Stewart, Tabori & Chang An imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 115 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 www.stcbooks.com Printed in China

Jacket photographs © 2009 by Thibault Jeanson Book design by Doug Turshen, with David Huang

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or Alessandra Branca, living means living comfortably. Growing up in Rome, Branca was always surrounded by exquisite art and architecture. She learned early on that beauty is meant to intermingle with everyday life, and to this day her interior designs, while abiding by classical principles, comfortably accommodate her clients’ lifestyles. “You can’t just do something that looks pretty,” she says. “It has to work.”

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In this book, the designer—based in Chicago—generously reveals her step-by-step creative process, offering invaluable guidance to anyone who wants a home that is both gorgeous and livable. Beginning with her own Chicago townhouse and interweaving insights drawn from several other prominent projects, she shows how she assesses each space’s form and function, selects foundation elements, chooses furniture and lighting, and, finally, incorporates decorative elements that reflect the resident’s personality. Illustrated with 200 lush photographs, the book offers a welcome introduction to Branca’s enchanting and livable interiors.

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