Creating paradise : the building of the English country house, 1660-1880 / / Richard Wilson and Alan Mackley
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| Autore: |
Wilson Richard <1938->
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| Titolo: |
Creating paradise : the building of the English country house, 1660-1880 / / Richard Wilson and Alan Mackley
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| Pubblicazione: | London, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Hambledon and London, , 2000 |
| ©2000 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 728.8/0942/0903 |
| Soggetto topico: | Manors - England - History |
| Manors - England - Economic aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | MackleyAlan |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Illustrations; Illustration Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 The English Country House; 2 The Builders of the Country House; 3 The Inspiration of Travel; 4 Architect and Patron; 5 A Pleasure Not to be Envied; 6 The Pattern of Building; 7 The Cost of the Country House; 8 Building and Finance; 9 Afterword; Appendix; Notes; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This work looks at the building of country houses as a whole. It investigates why owners embarked on extensive building programmes, often following a ""Grand Tour"". The cost of building the great and small country houses is explored, along with their furnishing and decoration. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Creating paradise |
| ISBN: | 1-283-27137-0 |
| 9786613271372 | |
| 0-8264-3910-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454101303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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