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Evergreen : the Garrett family, collectors and connoisseurs

Title: Evergreen : the Garrett family, collectors and connoisseurs / James Archer Abbott, Earle A. Havens, Bodil Ottesen, and Susan G. Tripp ; photography by Norman Barker and James T. VanRensselaer.
Publication: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2017]

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Description

xiv, 255 pages : color illustrations; 32 cm

Summary

"Evergreen--the long-time home of the Garrett family in north Baltimore--offers a preeminent example of antebellum-American Italianate architecture. It also houses a remarkably diverse collection of over 50,000 objects, including paintings, furniture, sculpture, ceramics, and rare books. Acquired by two generations of the prominent Garrett family, self-described "collectors by instinct and by education," the assemblage of fine and decorative arts is remarkable in scope and inventiveness. Now part of the Johns Hopkins University, the mansion endures as a rare visual encyclopedia, representative of nearly all major architectural and design movements indicative of America's transition from a predominantly agrarian society to a world industrial power. This meticulously researched and handsomely illustrated volume honors the distinct and richly layered collections that characterize Evergreen. The book opens with a history of the philanthropic family itself, which helped run the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and develop many of the Monument City's most important civic and cultural institutions. Tracing their evolution as collectors and philanthropists, the book charts the family's artistic tastes and aesthetic sensibilities from the Gilded Age to the World Wars while also describing the physical landscape and architecture of Evergreen. A celebration of one of Baltimore's grandest nineteenth-century mansions, Evergreen reveals fascinating life stories through the richly preserved family archive and the historical context that remains through Evergreen's evolving architectural spaces and growing collections. This volume will appeal to art collectors and lovers of historic houses, museums, and libraries"--

Uniform Title

Evergreen (Johns Hopkins University)

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-240) and index.

Contents

Evergreen : A History / James Archer Abbott -- The Garrett Collection of Chinese and Japanese Art / Susan G. Tripp -- The Decorative Arts Collection : A Cross-Section / James Archer Abbott -- Contemporary and Cosmopolitan : The Evergreen Collection of Twentieth-Century Art / Bodil Ottesen -- "A Memorial to My Family" : The John Work Garrett Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts / Earle A. Havens, with Abigail Sia '15 -- Afterword / Winston Tabb.

Call Number

JQG 17-712

ISBN

9781421421698
1421421690

LCCN

2017000798
40027288272

OCLC

961409944

Title

Evergreen : the Garrett family, collectors and connoisseurs / James Archer Abbott, Earle A. Havens, Bodil Ottesen, and Susan G. Tripp ; photography by Norman Barker and James T. VanRensselaer.

Publisher

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2017]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-240) and index.

Added Author

Abbott, James A. (James Archer), 1963- author.

Havens, Earle, 1971- author.

Ottesen, Bodil Bang, author.

Tripp, Susan G. (Susan Gerwe), author.

Barker, Norman, photographer.

Van Rensselaer, James T. (James Taylor), photographer.

Sheridan Libraries.

Other Standard Identifier

40027288272

Research Call Number

JQG 17-712

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