Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood - Couverture souple

Tankard, Judith B.; Wood, Martin A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750915951 ISBN 13 : 9780750915953

Editeur : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1997

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"[A] delicious volume by two leading experts ... this book explains the processes and the very human side of a garden designer whose legacy endures. --Country Life

This book ... explores the many activities and enterprise in which she [Jekyll] was engaged and so presents us with a fuller picture of this remarkable woman - artist, craftswoman, designer, photographer and author. It is an excellent book, interesting, informative and enjoyable to read." IGPS Blog "A poetic portrayal that strips back the formidability of Gertrude Jekyll, exposing her warm, yet vulnerable personality." Gardens Illustrated "Absorbing and readable...a genuine classic." The Lady "Dextrously explores her many interests and varied talents to give an intriguing insight into the world of this indomitable gardener, artist and craftswoman." House and Garden "I expect an in-depth reading will bring color to the gray days ahead this winter." Portland Press Herald (US) "Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood," by Judith Tankard and Martin Wood is certainly worth a reissue by Pimpernel Press Ltd. and shouldn't be allowed to go out of print. Tankard is an outstanding garden writer and the modern photographs by Wood augment wonderful historic black and white photos of the gardens Jekyll designed. --Daily Hampshire Gazette (US)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

First published in the UK in 1996, this Pimpernel Classic edition has been redesigned and includes new photography. Gertrude Jekyll was probably the most influential garden designer of the early twentieth century. In this book Judith Tankard and Martin Wood explore her life and work at the home she created for herself at Munstead Wood in Surrey, England. Taking as a basis her own photograph albums, scrapbooks and notebooks, and the recollections of contemporaries from Edith Wharton and Vita Sackville-West to William Robinson and Henry Francis du Pont, they describe not only the building and development of the house and garden but also her skills both in the arts and as a businesswoman and her collaborations with architects - pre-eminently Edwin Lutyens, but also Oliver Hill and M.H. Baillie Scott.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0750915951
• ISBN 13: 9780750915953
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224