Boughton House : the English Versailles / edited by Tessa Murdoch
1992, First Edition. [London] : Faber and Faber : Christie's. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #401425
ISBN: 0571163386
Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. Notes; Ill. endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-232) and index. Contents; Foreword / Duke of Buccleuch -- 1. Boughton: Impressions and People / John Cornforth -- 2. The Patronage of the Montagus / Tessa Murdoch -- 3. Architecture at Boughton Prior to 1685 / John Heward -- 4. French and Dutch Influence on Architecture and Interiors / Gervase Jackson-Stops -- 5. The Decorative Painting of Louis Cheron / Tessa Murdoch -- 6. The Paintings and Drawings / Michael Jaffe -- 7. The Picture Frames / Pippa Mason -- 8. Ralph Montagu's Tapestries / Wendy Hefford -- 9. The Early European and Oriental Carpets at Boughton / Ian Bennett and Michael Franses -- 10. The French Furniture / Peter Hughes -- 11. The English Furniture / John Hardy -- 12. Other Foreign Furniture / Simon Jervis -- 13. The Sevres Porcelain Collection of the Fifth Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch / Rosalind Savill -- 14. The Blanc De Chine Porcelain / Rose Kerr -- 15. Boughton Silver / Philippa Glanville -- 16. The Armoury / Sarah Bevan, Claude Blair and A. V. B. Norman -- 17. Books and Manuscripts / Nicolas Barker. 18. The Music / Robin Langley -- Appendix I: The Portraits / Malcolm Rogers -- Appendix II: Works Carried Out in the Twentieth Century -- Appendix III: Buccleuch Houses -- Appendix IV: Family Tree The Montagu Douglas Scotts -- Catalogue of Figures -- Catalogue of Plates -- Manuscript Sources. Subjects; Buccleuch, Walter Francis John Scott Duke of 1923-2007 Art collections. Buccleuch, Walter Francis John Scott Duke of 1923-2007 Homes and haunts England Northamptonshire. Classicism in architecture. Homes. Boughton House. Country homes England Northamptonshire. Architecture, Domestic England Northamptonshire. Historic buildings England Northamptonshire.
Price: €85.00