Private Splendor: Great Families at Home
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0865651701 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Alexis Gregory is a publisher, author, art collector, and deputy chairman of Sotheby’s advisory board. He lives in New York and Paris
The houses represented are the Kasteel de Haar, a completely restored medieval castle near Utrecht that dates from before 1391; Seville's Casa de Pilatos, owned by Spain's most illustrated grandee, the Duchess of Medinacceli; Harewood House in Yorkshire, owned by the Earl of Harewood, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth; the Chateau de Harout in Lorraine, built by Marc de Beauvean, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, now reigned over by the present chatelaine, Princess Minnie de Beauvau Craon; and many more.
H. Marshall said Amazing book with private views of fabulous splendor. This is a fabulous book. I bought the book because of my connection and time spent at Harewood House in England. The photographs are so fantastic and the text very competent. Which in the case of Harewood is quite an accomplishment since the history is long and quite complicated. Alexis Gregory is to be congratulated on getting all the facts right. I know this home intimately and the pho. "Book inaccurately described" according to george vardalis. Not accurately described. The book was described as Very Good but the binding was loose and in very poor quality.. The Best of Its Type PRIVATE SPLENDOR is by far one of the best of its type. Author Alexis Gregory and photographer Marc Walter are guests in eight great houses still inhabited by their aristocratic families. An intimate view into the lifestyle of today's owners is presented in a good blend of the scholarly and the artistic. Granted, more about the architecture, art, furnishings, family history, etc., could
About the Author Alexis Gregory is a publisher, author, art collector, and deputy chairman of Sotheby’s advisory board. He lives in New York and Paris.