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Life in the country house in Georgian Ireland / Patricia McCarthy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 2016Description: x, 260 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780300218862:
  • 0300218869
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.508
LOC classification:
  • .M39 2016
Contents:
Approaching and arriving -- Crossing the threshold -- Dining -- Public rooms -- Family spaces -- Servants and privacy.
Summary: "For aristocrats and gentry in 18th-century Ireland, the townhouses and country estates they resided in were carefully constructed to accommodate their cultivated lifestyles. Based on new research from Irish national collections and correspondence culled from papers in private keeping, this publication provides a vivid and engaging look at the various ways in which families tailored their homes to their personal needs and preferences. Halls were designed in order to simultaneously support a variety of activities, including dining, music, and games, while closed porches allowed visitors to arrive fully protected from the country's harsh weather. These grand houses were arranged in accordance with their residents' daily procedures, demonstrating a distinction between public and private spaces, and even keeping in mind the roles and arrangements of the servants in their purposeful layouts. With careful consideration given to both the practicality of everyday routine and the occasional special event, this book illustrates how the lives and residential structures of these aristocrats were inextricably woven together."-- Provided by publisher
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 941.508 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 80413

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Trinity College, 2009) under title: Planning and use of space in Irish houses 1730-1830.

CW067

CW098

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approaching and arriving -- Crossing the threshold -- Dining -- Public rooms -- Family spaces -- Servants and privacy.

"For aristocrats and gentry in 18th-century Ireland, the townhouses and country estates they resided in were carefully constructed to accommodate their cultivated lifestyles. Based on new research from Irish national collections and correspondence culled from papers in private keeping, this publication provides a vivid and engaging look at the various ways in which families tailored their homes to their personal needs and preferences. Halls were designed in order to simultaneously support a variety of activities, including dining, music, and games, while closed porches allowed visitors to arrive fully protected from the country's harsh weather. These grand houses were arranged in accordance with their residents' daily procedures, demonstrating a distinction between public and private spaces, and even keeping in mind the roles and arrangements of the servants in their purposeful layouts. With careful consideration given to both the practicality of everyday routine and the occasional special event, this book illustrates how the lives and residential structures of these aristocrats were inextricably woven together."-- Provided by publisher

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