English country house interiors / Jeremy Musson ; foreword by Roy Strong ; photography by Paul Barker ; additional photographs from Country life.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Musson, Jeremy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interior decoration--England.

Interior decoration.

Country homes--England.

Country homes.

Physical Description:

272 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, c2011.

Summary:

A highly detailed look at the English country house interior, offering unprecedented access to England's finest rooms. In this splendid book, renowned historian Jeremy Musson explores the interiors and decoration of the great country houses of England, offering a brilliantly detailed presentation of the epitome of style in each period of the country house, including the great Jacobean manor house, the Georgian mansion, and the Gothic Revival castle. For the first time, houses known worldwide for their exquisite architecture and decoration--including Wilton, Chatsworth, and Castle Howard--are seen in unprecedented detail.

Contents:

Hatfield House : the courtly Jacobean interior

Wilton House : the courtly Caroline interior

Boughton House : the taste for France

Chatsworth : the English Baroque interior

Castle Howard : the imagination of Vanbrugh

Houghton Hall : the Palladian interior I

Holkam Hall : the Palladian interior II

Harewood House : the genius of Robert Adam I

Syon House : the genius of Robert Adam II

Goodwood House : the Regency revolution in taste

Regency reinvention : some houses revisited

Arundel Castle : the Gothic Revival interior

Waddesdon Manor : the inspiration of the chateau

Berkeley Castle : the castle of taste

Parham House : the cult of the manor house

Living Interiors : the English country house interior today.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Stait fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780847835690 (hbk.)

0847835693 (hbk.)

OCLC:

697261685