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ABC/273
Title
Decoration in England from 1660 to 1770.
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- [1914] (Creation)
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1 volume
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A volume that aims to show the Characteristics of the English Interior Decoration in a series of comparative illustrations (photographs) with complementary text. The subjects covered are: The Dutch influence under Charles II; The French influence under William II; The Grand Tour; The Dilettanti Society; The Palladians; William Kent; The Georgian Style as regarded by Hogarth; The Library; The Saloon; The Gothic; The Anglo-Chinese; The French Rococo; Sir William Chambers; The Classic Reaction and Robert Adam; Panelling; Painting of Woodwork; The English School of Wood-carving; Grinling Gibbons; Carvings at Cassiobury, Belton, Petworth, Holme Lacy, and Lyme; Door-Cases; Chimneypieces; The Hall and Staircase; Decorative Painting; Thornhill; Kent; Clermont; Plasterwork; Wall-hangings; Inigo Jones; Webb; Wren; Textiles; Wall-papers; Carpets; Needlework; Fireplace accessories, Fire-backs, Andirons, and Grates; Door Furniture; The Lighting of Rooms; Chandeliers. Buildings included: Yester House; Adlington Hall; Amsterdam Town Hall, now Royal Palace; Belton House; Blenheim Palace; Boughton House; Broughton House; Canons House; Carrington House; Castle Howard; Chelsea Hospital; Chesterfield House; Claydon House; Coleshill House; 75 Dean Street, Soho; Denham Place; Devonshire House; Drayton House; Dyrham Park; Galleries at Sion House; Grimsthorpe Castle; Grosvenor Square; Haddon Hall; Ham House; Hampton Court Palace; Hanover Square; Harewood; Hatton Gardens; Hickleton Hall; Holkham Hall; Horton House; Houghton Hall; Wilton House; Whitehall; Coleshill House; Kedleston Hall; Kensington Palace; Kew Palace; Kimbolton Castle; Kirtlington; Knole Park; Lyme Park; Marble Hill, Twickenham; Mercers' Hall; Montagu House; Newmarket; Northumberland House; Old Burlington Street, no. 30, 31; Painswick; Portland Place; Portman House; Ramsbury Manor; Ribston Hall; Roehampton House; St. James' Square; Sion House; Soho Square; Spencer House; Temple Newsam; Vauxhall; Wentworth Woodhouse; War Office, formerly Duke of York's Palace; Wentworth Woodhouse; Wilton House; Windsor Castle; Yester House.
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- English
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Spine and corners slightly scuffed