Research Catalog

Title

Kensington Palace : art, architecture and society / Tracy Borman [and 5 others] ; edited by Olivia Fryman ; with a foreword by David Starkey.

Author

Borman, Tracy

Publication

New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press in association with Historic Royal Palaces, [2018]

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Additional Authors

Fryman, Olivia

Description

xiv, 392 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm

Summary

Kensington Palace is renowned for its architecture, splendid interiors, internationally important collections, and, of course, its royal residents. This lavish book thoroughly explores Kensington's physical beauty and its history, presenting new material drawn from archives, newspapers, personal letters, images, and careful analysis of the building itself. Originally a fashionable Jacobean villa, Kensington was dramatically rebuilt in 1689 by Christopher Wren for the newly crowned monarchs, William III and Mary II. The palace became the favored London home of five sovereigns, surviving fires, partial collapse, bombings, and periods of neglect. Queen Victoria recognized its national significance and set about restyling the massive structure with some of England's greatest architects and artists. With over 450 illustrations, including specially commissioned reconstructions and historic plans, this volume explores the personal tastes and fashions of the British monarchy over the course of 300 years and provides insight into the 20th- and 21st-century royal family's domestic life.

Subjects

• Kensington Palace (London, England) History
• London (England) > Buildings, structures, etc

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-373) and index.

ISBN

• 9780300236538
• 0300236530

LCCN

40028656437

OCLC

• on1065732962
• 1065732962
• SCSB-9239594

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries