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The architect & the American country house, 1890-1940

Title
The architect & the American country house, 1890-1940 / Mark Alan Hewitt ; architectural photographs by Richard Cheek.
Author
Hewitt, Mark A.
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1990.

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Additional Authors
Cheek, Richard
Description
xiii, 312 pages : illustrations (some color), plans; 31 cm
Alternative Title
Architect and the American country house, 1890-1940
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Geschichte 1890-1940
  • Country homes > United States
  • Country homes > United States > Pictorial works
  • Architects and patrons > United States
  • Architects and patrons
  • Country homes
  • Manners and customs
  • Bildband
  • Villa
  • United States > Social life and customs > 20th century
  • United States
  • USA
Genre/Form
  • illustrated books.
  • Pictorial works.
  • Illustrated works.
  • Ouvrages illustrés.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-307).
Contents
Preface -- 1. Rich men and their houses -- 2. Gentlemen architects -- 3. The architecture of country houses: style and typology -- 4. Stately homes: the aristocratic model of domestic culture -- 5. Country places: the house and garden movement -- 6. Regional traditions: indigenous models for domestic culture -- 7. Modernist experiments -- 8. Domestic eclecticism: a summary -- Epilogue -- Architects' biographies.
ISBN
  • 0300047401
  • 9780300047400
LCCN
89077575
OCLC
  • ocm20852257
  • 20852257
  • SCSB-1893689
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library