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Shelburne Farms : house, gardens, farm, and barns
- Title
- Shelburne Farms : house, gardens, farm, and barns / Glenn Suokko ; foreword by Alec Webb ; afterword by Megan Camp.
- Author
- Suokko, Glenn
- Publication
- New York : Rizzoli, 2017.
- ©2017
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- Description
- 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm
- Summary
- The text tells the story of Shelburne Farms, once a magnificent Gilded Age country estate conceived by America's leading aristocrats of the day, Eliza "Lila" Vanderbilt and William Seward Webb. Built between 1886 and 1905, the houses and barns, designed by architect Robert H. Robertson, include Shelburne House and the Breeding Barn, which was the largest open-span wooden structure in America.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 287).
- Contents
- The beauty of Shelburne Farms -- Land and lake -- Shelburne House -- Formal gardens -- Major barns -- Farming the land.
- Call Number
- JFG 17-148
- ISBN
- 9780847858842
- 0847858847
- LCCN
- 2016959902
- OCLC
- 954104270
- Author
- Suokko, Glenn, author.
- Title
- Shelburne Farms : house, gardens, farm, and barns / Glenn Suokko ; foreword by Alec Webb ; afterword by Megan Camp.
- Publisher
- New York : Rizzoli, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 287).
- Added Author
- Webb, Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt, 1860-1936.Webb, William Seward.Robertson, R. H. (Robert Henderson), 1849-
- Research Call Number
- JFG 17-148