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glories of ownership
The noble houses of eighteenth century England… …For these rooms no expense was spared. The finest plaster workers were brought in from Italy; tons of mahogany and other rare woods were imported from the East and West Indies; gold leaf … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Palladio, Andrew Mellon art collection, Catherine of Russia, David Allan painter Scotland, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Houghton Hall England, Lord Sandys, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Robert Adam Architect, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Peter Beckford, Sir Robert Walpole, Surgeon William inglis, Syon House, Vanbrugh estates England, William Kent Architect
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wanton display: noble disregard
The noble houses of eighteenth-century England… Diverse as were the economic enterprises and huge as the domestic staaffs came to be, yet these things do not explain entirely why men built such vast palaces. The need to maintain their social … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Palladio, Audley End England, British Aristocracy eighteenth century, Grinling Gibbons carvings, Houghton Hall, Houghton Hall England, Kwakiutl Indians Canada, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Palladio architecture, Paul Sandby paintings, Sir Robert Walpole, Thorstein Veblen, William Kent Architect, Wilton double cube room
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the great estates: country life
The noble houses of eighteenth-century England… …The great age of building came to France in the sixteenth century, the time when many of the fabulous chateaux of the Loire were built, creating a tradition of palatial architecture which, modified and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cholmondeley Family, Christopher Wren, England Hanoverian kings, Georgian England, Horace Walpole, Houghton Hall England, Inigo Jones, John Wootton painter, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, the Four Georges, William Hogarth
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