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Item Details
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THE SCOTTISH COUNTRY HOUSE
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| By: |
James Knox, James Fennell |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£28.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0500516553 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780500516553 |
| Publisher: |
THAMES & HUDSON LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2012 |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
Chronicles a remarkable group of houses and castles that have survived the vicissitudes of Scotland's turbulent history and are still in the hands of their original families. This book takes the reader on a tour of these residences, providing an intimate look at a marvellous hotchpotch of rooms and decoration. |
| Synopsis: |
The "Scottish Country House" chronicles a remarkable group of houses and castles that have survived the vicissitudes of Scotland's turbulent history and are still in the hands of their original families. From breakfront cabinets filled with generations of monogrammed heirloom china to canopy beds keeping the chill of a Scottish winter at bay to cabbage-rose slip-covered sofas nestled under tall Gothic windows, this book takes the reader on a tour of these residences, providing an intimate look at a marvellous hotchpotch of rooms and decoration. Specially commissioned photographs by James Fennell show inviting living rooms and tousled bedrooms, print- lined hallways and well-trampled mudrooms. Telling details capture the eccentric personalities of their owners Scottish chieftains, lairds and nobles drawn from the pages of Walter Scott; charming decorative details, such as a red silk bell-pull against green floral wallpaper, a drawer full of two- hundred-year-old love letters, or the curve of a wonderfully carved antique chair. In his anecdotal text, James Knox tells the tale of the more colourful inhabitants of these homes, both past and present.The houses are not the instant creation of trendy decorators they have evolved over generations, furnished with heirlooms and cherished hand-me-downs. This is a book for lovers of Scotland, history or decoration. |
| Illustrations: |
220 colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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