Architecture and Panelling: James A.De Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor

Bruno Pons

ISBN 10: 0856674370 / ISBN 13: 9780856674372

Edité par Philip Wilson Publishers, 2001

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Synopsis :

Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bought the Waddesdon Estate in 1874 but building did not begin until 1877. In the intervening years the Parisian architect Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur produced designs on an enormous scale for a French Renaissance-style chateau. The end result, completed in 1889, was a smaller house which became the epitome of grandeur and elegance and which represents several decisive landmarks in the history of architecture and decoration in France.

The catalogue of the house's panelling comprises rather more than half the book. There are 335 entries, each one illustrated and including a description, measurements, location and provenance, and a commentary which discusses various aspects of each panel in relation to its fellows, its period and its history. Each group of panels is accompanied by a fully documented section on the houses for which they were carved - houses which were celebrated in the 18th century for the quality of their decoration.

À propos de l?auteur: Bruno Pons trained as an art historian at the university of Strasbourg, specialising in the history of French and German Architecture and Decoration of the late 17th and 18th centuries. He has worked as museum curator at the Musee de la Medicine and has been instrumental in the creation of a national institute of art. He is also a physician specialising in Endocrinology.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Architecture and Panelling: James A.De ...
Éditeur : Philip Wilson Publishers
Date d'édition : 2001
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Very Good