English Country House Interiors,Used

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 decorationincluding Wilton, Chatsworth, and Castle Howardare seen in unprecedented detail. With intimate views of fabric, gilding, carving, and furnishings, the book will be a source of inspiration to interior designers, architects, and home owners, and a musthave for anglophiles and historic house enthusiasts.The fifteen houses included represent the key periods in the history of English country house decoration and cover the major interior fashions and styles. Stunning new color photographs by Paul Barkerwho was given unparalleled access to the housesoffer readers new insights into the enduring English country house style. Supplementing these are unique blackandwhite images from the archive of the esteemed Country Life magazine.Among the aspects of these that the book covers are: paneling, textile hangings (silks to cut velvet), mural painting, plasterwork, stone carving, gilding, curtains, pelmets, heraldic decoration, classical imagery, early upholstered furniture, furniture designed by Thomas Chippendale, carved chimneypieces, lass, use of sculpture, tapestry, carpets, picture hanging, collecting of art and antiques, impact of Grand Tour taste, silver, use of marble, different woods, the importance of mirror glass, boulle work, English Baroque style, Palladian style, neoClassical style, rooms designed by Robert Adam, Regency, Gothic Revival taste, Baronial style, French 18th century style, and room types such as staircases, libraries, dining rooms, parlors, bedrooms, picture galleries, entrance halls and sculpture galleries.Houses covered include: Hatfield early 1600s (Jacobean); Wilton 1630/40s (Inigo Jones); Boughton 1680/90s (inspired by Versailles); Chatsworth 1690/early 1700s (Baroque); Castle Howard early 1700s (Vanbrugh); Houghton 1720s (Kent); Holkham 1730s50s (Palladian); Syon Park 1760s (Adam); Harewood 1760s/70s (neoClassical); Goodwood 1790s/1800s (neoClassical/Regency); Regency at Chatsworth/Wilton/C Howard etc 1820/30s; Waddesdon Manor 1870/80ss (French Chateau style); Arundel Castle 1880s/90s (Gothic Revival); Berkeley Castle 1920/30s (period recreations and antique collections); Parham House 1920s/30s (period restorations and antique collections). The range is from the early 17th century to present day, drawn from the authenticated interiors of fifteen great country houses, almost all still in private hands and occupied as private residences still today. The book shows work by twentiethcentury designers who have helped evolve the country house look, including Nancy Lancaster, David Hicks, Colefax & Fowler, and David Mlinaric