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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393067548
ISBN-139780393067545
eBay Product ID (ePID)66540654
Product Key Features
Book TitleGilded Mansions : Grand Architecture and High Society
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Finance / General, General, Regional, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), History / General
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Architecture, Business & Economics
AuthorWayne Craven
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight62 Oz
Item Length10.4 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-012309
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal728.80973/09034
SynopsisThe Gilded Age (1865?1918) saw the sudden rise of America's first High Society, including such prominent families as the Astors, Whitneys, and Vanderbilts. As an aristocracy based on fortunes recently acquired, these families endeavored to live like Europe's blue-blooded nobility, shedding Puritan restraint as they joyously flaunted their new wealth--especially where their homes were concerned. They erected French chateaus and Italian palazzos on New York's Fifth Avenue, at Newport, and elsewhere, often taking inspiration from Parisian styles of the Second Empire. They rejected more modest American styles just as they rejected middle-class society, and for interior decoration they turned to such artisans as Tiffany, Herter Brothers, and Allard's of Paris.? Immensely readable and illuminated with 250 stunning color and black-and-white illustrations, this is the fascinating story of America's first millionaire society, the way they lived and partied, and the lush artistic and cultural legacy they established., The Gilded Age (1865-1918) saw the sudden rise of America's first High Society, including such prominent families as the Astors, Whitneys, and Vanderbilts. As an aristocracy based on fortunes recently acquired, these families endeavored to live like Europe's blue-blooded nobility, shedding Puritan restraint as they joyously flaunted their new wealth--especially where their homes were concerned. They erected French chateaus and Italian palazzos on New York's Fifth Avenue, at Newport, and elsewhere, often taking inspiration from Parisian styles of the Second Empire. They rejected more modest American styles just as they rejected middle-class society, and for interior decoration they turned to such artisans as Tiffany, Herter Brothers, and Allard's of Paris. Immensely readable and illuminated with 250 stunning color and black-and-white illustrations, this is the fascinating story of America's first millionaire society, the way they lived and partied, and the lush artistic and cultural legacy they established.
LC Classification NumberNA7511.4.N4C73 2008
