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Libro: The henry clay frick houses (978-1-58093-677-4) de Martha Frick Symington Sanger; Wendell Garrett (Monacelli Press ) Comprar Libros de Ciencias Técnicas .Arquitectura .Decoración de interiores .. 003cp003e003cb003eAn architectural, personal, and historical account of one of the towering figures from America's Gilded Age003c/b003e003c/p003e003cp003eFirst published in 2001, this acclaimed volume is back in print, shining a spotlight on the four major houses purchased or built and renovated for Henry Clay Frick, the world-famous art collector and steel tycoon. 003c/p003e003cp003eThe most authoritative book available about Frick's houses, it contains exclusive content, including vintage photographs, documents, letters, original working drawings, artist's sketches, and designer's notes. With America's Gilded Age continuing to fascinate readers, this book provides a unique cross-section of the era with history, architecture, design, art, and biography.003c/p003e003cp003eWith priceless furnishings, interiors, and designed gardens by the most prestigious architects of the day, the houses featured in this book exemplify the great residences of the era: the late-Victorian Clayton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania houses the Frick Pittsburgh; the neoclassical Eagle Rock in Massachusetts was Frick's summer retreat; One East Seventieth Street in New York is home to the world-renowned Frick Collection; and the Clayton Estate in Roslyn, New York is a Georgian Revival masterpiece.003c/p003e003cp003eThe author--a great-granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick--provides privileged access to the subject, which results in a text that describes the rooms, artwork, furniture, and gardens in exacting detail, and interweaves stories of the lives of Frick and his family with the history of the houses.003c/p003e 0
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