An illustrated gallery of interiors (240 color photos) representing emerging (and re-emerging) decorating themes in settings that include a traditional town house in London, a contemporary apartment in Paris, a rural retreat in the Cotswolds, a royal palace in Scandinavia. "Classic" is used in its strictly lexicographical of the first order. No scholarly paraphernalia. Distributed in the US by Rizzoli. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.