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Apethorpe
- The Story of an English Country House
Engelsk Hardback
Apethorpe
- The Story of an English Country House
Engelsk Hardback

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This beautiful publication narrates the romantic biography of an architecturally significant country residence and its rescue from decline. Dating from the mid-15th century, Apethorpe in Northamptonshire was home to a succession of leading courtiers and politicians. At the command of King James I, the house was refurbished with a richly decorated state apartment. The suite, with its series of rare plaster ceilings and carved chimneypieces, unquestionably ranks as one of the finest—and least known—in Britain. In 2004, English Heritage rescued the house from ruin and has since restored it to much of its glory.   This book places Apethorpe in its wider historical and architectural context, comparing it with other Tudor and Jacobean houses. It sheds new light on the furnishing, decoration, and circulation patterns of state suites in country homes. Written by architectural and archeological experts from Historic England, this monograph, the first on Apethorpe, is illustrated with new and historical photographs, paintings, maps, engravings, and specially commissioned interpretive drawings that reveal how the house looked at key moments in its history. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
500
ISBN-13:
9780300148701
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0300148704
Udg. Dato:
10 maj 2016
Længde:
39mm
Bredde:
309mm
Højde:
263mm
Forlag:
Yale University Press
Oplagsdato:
10 maj 2016
Forfatter(e):
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