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The finest rooms in America : fifty influential interiors from the eighteenth century to the present / Thomas Jayne with Anne Walker.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks NK2002 .J39 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jayne, Thomas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interior decoration--United States--History--20th century.
- Interior decoration.
- Interior decoration--United States--History--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Monacelli ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2010.
- Summary:
- "The book brings together a cross section of houses and apartments representing a diverse range of American periods and styles. Starting with Mount Vernon and Monticello, the presentation continues with important extant rooms from the eithteenth and nineteenth centuries and then surveys an eclectic mix of both public and private rooms from twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Among the rooms featured are the dining room at Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the dressing room at Vizcaya in Miami, the living room at Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, the dining room at the Saarinen House at Cranbrook in Michigan, and the living room by David Adler and Frances Elkins at Casa Amesti in Monterey, California. Prominent contemporary designers include: Henri Samuel, Mark Hampton, John Saladino, Bunny Williams, Kitty Hawks, Thad Hayes and David Kleinberg"--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Tea room, Monticello : Charlottesville, Virginia
- Drawing room, Miles Brewton house : Charleston, South Carolina
- Large dining room, Mount Vernon : Mount Vernon, Virginia
- Dining room, Magnolia Mound : Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Reception room, Victoria mansion : Portland, Maine
- Library, Mark Twain house : Hartford, Connecticut
- Dining room, Kingscote : Newport, Rhode Island
- Chinese breakfast room, The Elms : Newport, Rhode Island
- Courtyard, Fenway Court : Boston, Massachusetts
- Golden Step dining room, Beauport : Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Dressing room, Vizcaya : Miami, Florida
- Living room, Hollyhock house : Los Angeles, California
- Parlor chamber, Hamilton house : South Berwick, Maine
- Dining room, Eliel Saarinen house : Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
- Chinese parlor, Winterthur Museum : Winterthur, Delaware
- Morning room, Bassett Hall : Williamsburg, Virginia
- Sala, Casa Amesti : Monterey, California
- Living room, Menil house : Houston, Texas
- Living room, Charles and Ray Eames house : Pacific Palisades, California
- Outdoor room, Frances Brody house : Los Angeles, California
- Dining room, The Big Bend : Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
- Library, Edgewater : Barrytown, New York
- Living room, Randolph Martz and Gene Waddell house : Charleston, South Carolina
- Grand salon, Thomas Britt apartment : New York City
- Library, Stuart and Sue Feld apartment : New York City
- Bedroom, Mark and Duane Hampton apartment : New York City
- Drawing room, Kenneth Jay Lane apartment : New York City
- Winter garden, Susan and John Gutfreund apartment : New York City
- Living room, Carolyne Roehm apartment : New York City
- Living room, Candace and Frederick Beinecke apartment : New York City
- Living room, Rose Tarlow house : Los Angeles, California
- Living room, Suzanne Rheinstein house : Los Angeles, California
- Studio, Bentley Larosa house : Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Salon, Betty Blake apartment : Dallas, Texas
- Salon, Frances and Rodney Smith house : New Orleans, Louisiana
- Bedroom/sitting room, Annette and Oscar de la Renta house : Kent, Connecticut
- Dining room, oceanfront house : Palm Beach, Florida
- Living room, Villa di Lemma : Montecito, California
- Living room, Kitty Hawks house : Westchester County, New York
- Library, farmhouse : Wilmington, Delaware
- Great room, Bunny Williams and John Rosselli barn : Falls Village, Connecticut
- Parlor, Oakley farm : Upperville, Virginia
- Living room, Andrew Fisher and Jeffrey Weisman apartment : San Fransisco, California
- Bedroom, Alexa Hampton apartment : New York City
- Dining room, Mary Cooper house : New Orleans, Louisiana
- Tribeca studio : New York City
- Dining room, Encinal bluff : Malibu, California
- Dining room, Robert Couturier house : South Kent, Connecticut
- Living room, Tribeca loft : New York City
- Sitting room, Albert Hadley apartment : New York City
- Places to visit.
- Notes:
- 其他题名:Fifty Influential Interiors from the Eighteenth Century to the Present.
- ISBN:
- 9781580932424
- 1580932428
- OCLC:
- 526027097
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