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Craven, Wayne.
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Gilded mansions : grand architecture and high society / Wayne Craven.
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1st ed.
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
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383 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
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Table of Contents
An Introduction to the Gilded Age
7
Ch. 1
Society, Europe, and Aristocracy: The Empire of the Parvenu
19
Ch. 2
The Early Mansions - Part One
33
Ch. 3
The Early Mansions - Part Two
53
Ch. 4
The Commodore and Beetlehead: The William Henry Vanderbilt Mansion
81
Ch. 5
Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt: A Petit Chateau on Fifth Avenue
107
Ch. 6
The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion
129
Ch. 7
Newport: Vernacular versus Grandeur
151
Ch. 8
Richard Morris Hunt: Biltmore and The Rothschild Factor
185
Ch. 9
The Astor Mansion
207
Ch. 10
McKim, Mead and White: Origins of the Firm and the Early Work at Newport
227
Ch. 11
McKim, Mead and White: The Villard Houses
239
Ch. 12
Stanford White: Collector, Dealer, and Interior Decorator
257
Ch. 13
The William C. Whitney Houses
275
Ch. 14
Newport Revisited: Rosecliff Crossways, and The Elms
291
Ch. 15
The Progeny of the Petit Chateau and the Villard Houses
309
Ch. 16
Facades in the Modern French Manner
337
Endnotes
362
Bibliography
371
Index
375
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-374) and index.
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Mansions -- New York (State) -- New York.
Millionaires -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture and society -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Architecture and society -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN
9780393067545 (hardcover)
0393067548 (hardcover)
WorldCat no.
215172658
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