The Englishwoman's House

The Englishwoman's House

Dust jacket notes: "This delightful book invites the reader into the private world of twenty-eight English women to experience the taste and imagination which they have brought to decorating their homes. Some have had great works of art and grand houses as their starting-point, some manor or town houses, others have transformed small flats and cottages, draughty vicarages or converted barns. Each one is distinctively a home. Thus, the Duchess of Devonshire writes about her private apartments at Chatsworth rather than the grand state rooms, Lady Diana Cooper describes bedrooms she has known and loved, Barbara Cartland her house, Camfield Place, in Hertfordshire where she both lives and writes. The contributors write informally about how they set about decorating different rooms, where they found particular pieces of furniture, why they chose certain fabrics or decided on certain colour schemes. The articles are alive with anecdotes and glimpses into how different English women live in different surroundings. Each of the houses has been decorated by the contributor herself. We discover how a famous designer such as Laura Ashley planned her Welsh hide-away, look inside the home of well-known gardener Rosemary Verey, or see where writers like Anne Scott-James and Isabel Colegate live and work. The book is illustrated with more than two hundred photographs, almost all of them in colour, by the leading architectural photographer Derry Moore. Also there are numerous drawings and paintings belonging to the contributors; some showing how the house was before they changed it, some how they hoped or hope it might be, some included simply because they are revealing or amusing...."

Country	USA
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Salem House Pub
EAN	9780881620238
Edition	First Edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0881620238
Label	Salem House Pub
Manufacturer	Salem House Pub
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	151
PublicationDate	1984-10
Publisher	Salem House Pub
Studio	Salem House Pub
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Englishwoman's House

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