Murdoch, Tessa: Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century. 2022. 435 pages, illustrated. Hardback. 28 x 22cms. The inventory for Castlecomer House, Co. Kilkenny, drawn up to make a claim following the house's devastation in the 1798 uprising, provides a glimpse into the lifestyle and taste of some of the foremost families of the day. Above stairs, the inventories show the evolving collecting habits and tastes of eighteenth-century patrons across Ireland and how the interiors of great town and country houses were arranged or responded to new materials and new ideas. The meticulous recording of the contents of the kitchen and scullery likewise sheds light on life below stairs. Itemized equipment required for the brewhouse, dairy, stables, garden and farmyard reflects the at times significant scale of the communities the houses supported and the remarkable degree of self-sufficiency at some of the demesnes. A comprehensive index facilitates access to the myriad items forming the inventories, while the books listed at three of the houses are tentatively identified in separate appendices. A foreword together with short preambles to the inventories set the households in their historical context and are illustrated with contemporary engravings and portraits of their owners.
The inventory for Castlecomer House, Co. Kilkenny, drawn up to make a claim following the house's devastation in the 1798 uprising, provides a glimpse into the lifestyle and taste of some of the foremost families of the day. Above stairs, the inventories show the evolving collecting habits and tastes of eighteenth-century patrons across Ireland and how the interiors of great town and country houses were arranged or responded to new materials and new ideas. The meticulous recording of the contents of the kitchen and scullery likewise sheds light on life below stairs. Itemized equipment required for the brewhouse, dairy, stables, garden and farmyard reflects the at times significant scale of the communities the houses supported and the remarkable degree of self-sufficiency at some of the demesnes. A comprehensive index facilitates access to the myriad items forming the inventories, while the books listed at three of the houses are tentatively identified in separate appendices. A foreword together with short preambles to the inventories set the households in their historical context and are illustrated with contemporary engravings and portraits of their owners. Text in English
Murdoch, Tessa (ed): Boughton House The English Versailles. London: Faber & Faber, 1992. 304pp with 95 colour and 185 monochrome illustrations. Cloth. 31.5x24cms. This magnificent stately home in Northamptonshire, belonging to the Duke of Buccleuch, contains some of the finest examples of 16th and 17th century decoration and architecture. With contributions by 21 leading experts covering the different aspects of the history of the House, it's rich collections of treasures and the influence of French style.
This magnificent stately home in Northamptonshire, belonging to the Duke of Buccleuch, contains some of the finest examples of 16th and 17th century decoration and architecture. With contributions by 21 leading experts covering the different aspects of the history of the House, it's rich collections of treasures and the influence of French style
Cambridge, John Adamson, 2006 In-4, rel. d'éditeur pleine toile brune sous jaquette ill., XII-307 pp. (texte anglais), 27 ill. dans le texte. Glossaire, index.
Original cloth binding, gilted, with dust jacket (spine slightly faded). Fine condition. - Frais de port : -France 6,9 € -U.E. 11 € -Monde (z B : 18 €) (z C : 31 €)
[Bertel Thorvaldsen] - Dethloff, Diana, Tessa Murdoch, Kim Sloan and Caroline Elam (ed.)
Reference : 121311
(2015)
ISBN : 978910634189
Dethloff, Diana, Tessa Murdoch, Kim Sloan and Caroline Elam (ed.): Burning Bright. Essays in Honour of David Bindman. UCL Press, 2015. 277 pages. Paperback. 28.5 x 21cms. Essays grouped thematically under sculpture, paintings, drawings & watercolours, and prints.
Essays grouped thematically under sculpture, paintings, drawings & watercolours, and prints.