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The eclectic aesthetes

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The houses of two prominent 19th-century painters now operated as museums were designed and furnished by the owners to rise above ordinary decorating. The Kensington, London, house of Frederic Leighton and Frederic Edwin Church's Hudson River hilltop mansion are described.

Author: Calloway, Stephen
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: House & Garden
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9528
Year: 1992
Historic buildings, Artists, Decoration and finishing, Homes and haunts, Church, Frederic Edwin, Leighton, Frederick

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Decades of decadence

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The general public perception of decline and decadence that exists today has happened in the Nineties of each century. The aesthetic of the time turns to excess in dress, decoration, and art. The final decade of the last five centuries are compared.

Author: Calloway, Stephen
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: House & Garden
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9528
Year: 1992
Social aspects, History, Aesthetics, Design, Degeneration, Decadence

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Blue and white: wall to wall

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Chinese and Japanese porcelain collecting became the fashion in England and Europe during the late Middle Ages. Powerful and wealthy people had whole rooms in their homes built just to showcase their collections.

Author: Calloway, Stephen
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: House & Garden
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9528
Year: 1993
Reports, Porcelain, Collections and collecting, China trade porcelain

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