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PublisherFlorham Books
ISBN-100692101969
ISBN-139780692101964
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038553615
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Book TitleOlmsted's Vision : the Landscape of Florham
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year2018
GenreArchitecture, Gardening
AuthorLinda Snyder, Walter Cummins, Edward Zimmermann, Arthur T. Vanderbilt II 2nd
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width8.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisAs significant as the mansion of a great Gilded Age estate like Florham, the New Jersey country home of Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, was its landscape. This book explores how that greatest of all landscape architects, Frederick Law Olmsted, visualized 1,200 acres of woodlands and scrub growth and swamps and transformed them into a magical country retreat for a family which could afford, and demanded, "the best of the best." The book includes planning drawings that illustrate specific concepts for the development of the estate and many paste and present photographs that show what was and what is.This historical record describes the origins of the estate and the people involved--from the landscape architects of Olmsted's firm to the men who dug and planted., As significant as the mansion of a great Gilded Age estate like Florham¿the New Jersey country home of Florence Vanderbilt Twombly¿was its landscape. This book explores how that greatest of all landscape architects¿Frederick Law Olmsted¿visualized 1,200 acres of woodlands and scrub growth and swamps and transformed them into a magical country retreat for a family which could afford, and demanded, ¿the best of the best.¿ The book includes planning drawings that illustrate specific concepts for the development of the estate and many paste and present photographs that show what was and what is.This historical record describes the origins of the estate and the people involved--from the landscape architects of Olmsted's firm to the men who dug and planted.
