The British country house in the eighteenth century / Christopher Christie.
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TextSeries: Studies in design and material culturePublication details: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 2000.Description: xv, 333 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm. ; casedISBN: - 0719047242
- 9780719047244
- 0719047250 (pbk.)
- 9780719047251 (pbk.)
- 9780719047244:
- 728.80942
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| 728.809415 The Irish country house / | 728.809415 Irish country houses : a chronicle of change / | 728.809415 The Irish country house : its past, present and future / | 728.80942 The British country house in the eighteenth century / | 728.81094174 Clanricard's castle : Portumna House, Co. Galway / | 728.830941 Design and plan in the country house : from castle donjons to Palladian boxes / | 728.8309415 Irish houses & castles, |
CW098
Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-326) and index.
The country house and money -- The architecture of the country house -- Role and rank: family and servants -- Landscapes, follies and villages / Pat Gardner -- A temple to the arts -- Furnishing the country house -- Entertainment.
This work explores the British country house between 1700-1830 and looks at the lives of the noblemen and the servants who inhabited them. Reference is made to the whole of the British Isles and there is a discussion of their political significance.
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