Hardwick Hall : a great old castle of romance / edited by David Adshead & David A.H.B. Taylor.

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Book
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English
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
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xxi, 379 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

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      "Originally constructed in the late 16th century for the notorious Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, Hardwick Hall is now among the National Trust's greatest architectural landmarks, with much of its original interior and ornamentation still intact. This splendid publication is the definitive source of scholarship on the remarkably well-preserved exemplar of late-Elizabethan style. Composed of extensive research and newly commissioned photography, this beautifully illustrated book traces the history of the house and its inhabitants through the centuries, showcasing a remarkable collection of portraiture, tapestries, furniture, and gardens, and providing readers with a genuine sense of the house's environment"-- Provided by publisher.
      Notes
      "Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art & The National Trust."
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • Introduction / David Adshead
      • Two Hardwick Halls: Sources, Forms and Intentions / Nicholas Cooper
      • Hardwick Hall: Realising Intentions / Nicholas Cooper
      • Hardwick Hall: Sources and Iconography / Anthony Wells-Cole
      • Bess of Hardwick's Tapestries / Helen Wyld
      • A Derbyshire Portrait Gallery: Bess of Hardwick's Picture Collection / David A.H.B. Taylor
      • Furniture at Hardwick Hall
      • I / Simon Swynfen Jervis
      • The Embroidery and Needlework of Bess of Hardwick / Emma Slocombe
      • The Household at Hardwick in the Seventeenth Century / Philip Riden
      • The Countess of Shrewsbury's Almshouses and Monument / Davis Adshead
      • II / Christopher Rowell
      • Libraries at Hardwick, 1597-1957 / Mark Purcell and Nicola Thwaite
      • Hardwick in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / Nicholas Cooper and Ben Cowell
      • Seventeenth-Century Tapestries at Hardwick Hall: Sources and Iconography / Helen Wyld
      • The Gardens and Park / Paula Henderson and Richard Wheeler
      • The Re-Presentation of Later Pictures at Hardwick / David A.H.B. Taylor
      • The 'Bachelor' 6th Duke of Devonshire and Hardwick / Christopher Rowell
      • 'Snug at the Hall': Beds and Canopies and the 6th Duke / Annabel Westman
      • From the 6th Duke to the National Trust / Nicholas Cooper and Ben Cowell
      • Evelyn, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Parting with Hardwick and the National Trust / David Adshead and Matthew Hirst
      • The Fogs of Time: Views of Hardwick / Oliver Garnett
      • Afterword: Memories / Mark Girouard
      • Appendix 1 The Hardwick Archive / James Towe and Louise Clarke
      • Appendix 2 The Hardwick Evidence House / Christopher Rowell
      • Appendix 3 Traditional Elements in the Design of the New Hall / Nicholas Cooper
      • Appendix 4 Picture Frames at Hardwick / Christopher Rowell
      • Appendix 5 Metalwork at Hardwick / Christopher Rowell
      • Appendix 6 A Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Ewer / Christopher Rowell
      • Appendix 7 Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Carpets at Hardwick / Christopher Rowell
      • House Plans and Sectional Elevations
      • Family Tree
      • Bibliography
      • Index.
      ISBN
      • 9780300218909 ((hardback))
      • 0300218907 ((hardback))
      LCCN
      2016021463
      OCLC
      946481641
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