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noble houses: home economics
The noble houses of eighteenth century England… …In themselves, or rather in their titles, these men symbolized great accretions of social and political power as well as wealth. They were heads of great clans of families who had served them … Continue reading
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Tagged Canaletto, Canaletto in England, Duke of Bedford, Jan Siberechts Dutch Artist, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Paul Sandby paintings, Sir Robert Walpole, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Wentworth Woodhouse, William Kent Architect
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rubbing shoulders with the celestial emperor
The noble houses of eighteenth century England. Eventually the life blood of civilization began to flow through the veins of barbarized Europe. Gradually, a tide of wealth swept over the old noble warrior society. By 1750 the Western world had … Continue reading
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Tagged Aubusson carpets, Capability Brown, Celestial Emperor, Dr. Samuel Johnson, England eighteenth century mansions, George Romney paintings, James Boswell, Jan Siberechts Dutch Artist, John Wootton paintings, Joshua Reynolds, Lord Scarsdale Kedleston, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Meisen porcelain, Sevres Porcelain, Sir Robert Walpole, Thomas Gainsborough
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country living: size and surprise
The noble houses of eighteenth century England… …To most visitors it is a strange unreal world that opens before their eyes, and questions crowd in. Are the 365 rooms at Knole in Kent really necessary even for a duke? Two … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridgeman English landscape gardener, Capability Brown, Duchess of Bedford, Horace Walpole, Jan Siberechts Dutch Artist, Kent English Landscape gardener, madame de Pompadour, madame pickwick art blog, Marquess of Rockingham, Mylord of Exeter, Pickwick, Sir Robert Walpole, Woburn Abbey Chinese Dairy, Woburn Estate England
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trump these for size
The noble houses of eighteenth-century England. By 1750 the Western world had captured a vast commerce unequaled in human history. The riches derived from it, enabled men of property, the merchant class, to live in a sophisticated luxury previously enjoyed … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Palladio, David Chipperfield RA, English Tudor houses Hardwick Hall, English Tudor Houses Longleat, Filippo Brunelleschi, Jan Siberechts Dutch Artist, Lord Hervey, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michelangelo, Palladio, Palladio architecture, William Hogarth
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noble houses
“Are three hundred and sixty-five rooms at Knole in Kent really necessary even for a duke? Two hundred years, or six hundred and six feet to be precise, seems excessive for the front of any house; the Marquess of Rockingham … Continue reading