- Gebundene Ausgabe: 336 Seiten
- Verlag: Antique Collectors Club; Auflage: illustrated edition (1. September 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0926494341
- ISBN-13: 978-0926494343
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,8 x 3,3 x 30,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 774.992 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In 1869, when Edith Wharton's aunt Mary Mason Jones (immortalised as Mrs. Manson Mingot in "The Age of Innocence") finished her French classical house at the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue - in a block for which her father paid $1500 forty years earlier - she was considered an adventuress for building so far uptown. By 1882, just down the avenue at 52nd Street, William K. Vanderbilt finished his limestone mansion, ushering in the era of the lavish New York Great House, modelled after the London houses of English aristocrats and their Parisian counterparts. At the behest of clients who formed the business and social elite of post-Civil War America, among them Otto Kahn of Kuhn Loeb, steel magnate Henry Frick, and George Baker, president of First National Bank (now Citibank), the leading architects and designers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - Richard Morris Hunt, J. Armstrong Stenhouse, C.P. H. Gilbert, Walker and Gillette, Ogden Codman - were inundated with commissions to speedily construct lavish residences for America's wealthiest families. Private indoor swimming pools and ballrooms were only part of lavish architectural programs that were combined with unique American practicality, such as private baths, closets, kitchens, air conditioning, laundry rooms and pantries. Opulent English, French, and Italian-inspired detailing was combined with private galleries and exhibition halls created to house paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts collected on annual grand tours through Europe. "Great Houses of New York", 1880-1930 presents the stories of the most elegant houses built in New York. With over 300 archival photographs and floor plans and a decade of research, Michael Kathrens profiles New York houses known only for their magisterial presence on the city's most elegant boulevards, some of which still exist today, including the houses of Otto Kahn (Convent of the Sacred Heart), Andrew Carnegie (Cooper Hewitt Design Museum), James B. Duke (NYU Institute of Fine Art), and Morton F. Plant (Cartier), and Willard D. Straight (home of the banker Bruce Kovner). In "Great Houses of New York", lavish rooms are brought to life again-polished black and white columns reflect in the marble floor of a grand entryway, Dutch master paintings line damask walls in a second floor reception room, a crystal chandelier softly lights a dining room whose boiserie glows with paintings by Boucher-evoking the elegant private life that has become a trademark of the wealthy New Yorker.
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In 1869, when Edith Wharton's aunt Mary Mason Jones (immortalised as Mrs. Manson Mingot in "The Age of Innocence") finished her French classical house at the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue - in a block for which her father paid $1500 forty years earlier - she was considered an adventuress for building so far uptown. By 1882, just down the avenue at 52nd Street, William K. Vanderbilt finished his limestone mansion, ushering in the era of the lavish New York Great House, modelled after the London houses of English aristocrats and their Parisian counterparts. At the behest of clients who formed the business and social elite of post-Civil War America, among them Otto Kahn of Kuhn Loeb, steel magnate Henry Frick, and George Baker, president of First National Bank (now Citibank), the leading architects and designers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - Richard Morris Hunt, J. Armstrong Stenhouse, C.P. H. Gilbert, Walker and Gillette, Ogden Codman - were inundated with commissions to speedily construct lavish residences for America's wealthiest families.Private indoor swimming pools and ballrooms were only part of lavish architectural programs that were combined with unique American practicality, such as private baths, closets, kitchens, air conditioning, laundry rooms and pantries. Opulent English, French, and Italian-inspired detailing was combined with private galleries and exhibition halls created to house paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts collected on annual grand tours through Europe. "Great Houses of New York", 1880-1930 presents the stories of the most elegant houses built in New York. With over 300 archival photographs and floor plans and a decade of research, Michael Kathrens profiles New York houses known only for their magisterial presence on the city's most elegant boulevards, some of which still exist today, including the houses of Otto Kahn (Convent of the Sacred Heart), Andrew Carnegie (Cooper Hewitt Design Museum), James B. Duke (NYU Institute of Fine Art), and Morton F. Plant (Cartier), and Willard D. Straight (home of the banker Bruce Kovner).In "Great Houses of New York", lavish rooms are brought to life again-polished black and white columns reflect in the marble floor of a grand entryway, Dutch master paintings line damask walls in a second floor reception room, a crystal chandelier softly lights a dining room whose boiserie glows with paintings by Boucher-evoking the elegant private life that has become a trademark of the wealthy New Yorker.
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Gilded Age New York
15. Juli 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I have been waiting for a book like this for some time, and this one does not disappoint. It is well researched with wonderful historic black and white photos. The book is of the finest quality and the text is well put together. This is such an interesting subject and the authors are very thorough in their research, the book really feels complete. I highly recommend it to anyone with any interest in wonderful Gilded Age residental architecture or just an interest in the rich history of this great city. I can't imagine anyone being disappointed in this book and I commend the authors on doing such a fine job on a most worthy subject. Thank you.
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Acanthus Press second place prize winner
1. November 2009
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I own a number of the Acanthus Press series, as well as numerous other books on great estates and mansions, some more than 100 years old. So I'm a tough critic. I agree with the other reviewers that this is a very good volume and in my opinion second only to the House of Los Angeles ( two volumes) set. The author has published many of the period photos in full page format. But what I would have liked in this book was more homes. There are a number of well photographed equally grand and important mansions that are missing. The jaw dropping Yerkes mansion for one was extensively photographed at the time. I am pleased however that the author did include the wonderfully gaudy Clark mansion, heretofore overlooked in other books on this subject.
This volume definitely should be part of your collection.
4.5 stars.
This volume definitely should be part of your collection.
4.5 stars.
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Architectural Joy
16. August 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
A fascinating book, covering the now mostly demolished great homes of New York, during the extraordinary flowering of wealth and enterprise in the late C19th.
All the famous families appear together with Edith Wharton style stories of scandal and excess...
The book boasts beautiful photographs, attractively reproduced, and fascinating floor plans.
Great Houses is exceptionally well written and a joy to the eye. One for architecture enthusiasts everywhere!
All the famous families appear together with Edith Wharton style stories of scandal and excess...
The book boasts beautiful photographs, attractively reproduced, and fascinating floor plans.
Great Houses is exceptionally well written and a joy to the eye. One for architecture enthusiasts everywhere!
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