Main entry:

Nicolay-Mazery, Christiane de.

Title & Author:

The French château : life, style, tradition / Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery, Jean-Bernard Naudin ; preface by Philippine de Ganay.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, ©1991.

Description:

237 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]).
Spring -- A wedding at Groussay -- The elephant of Jas Créma -- Romantic Montgraham -- Élisabeth's orangery -- A childhood at Le Lude -- Summer -- Invitation to courances -- The kitchen garden of Miromesnil -- Haroué, a palace in Lorraine -- A dinner party at Le Lude -- Autumn -- Riding to hounds at Brissac -- The carriages of Le Fresne -- Château Lafite: the Rothschild style -- Hunting wild boar at Courances -- Winter -- Haroué by the fireside -- Époisses, a literary château -- A venetian carnival at Neuville -- Christmas at Brécy -- The Châteaux and their proprietors.
Translated by Jacqueline Taylor.
Translation of: La vie de château.

ISBN:

0500236313
9780500236314

Subject:

Castles France Pictorial works.
Upper class France Social life and customs.
Châteaux France Ouvrages illustrés.
Classes supérieures France Mœurs et coutumes.
Castles
Manners and customs
Upper class Social life and customs
France Social life and customs 20th century.
France Mœurs et coutumes 20e siècle.
France
Country houses.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Naudin, Jean-Bernard, author.
Taylor, Jacqueline, translator.
de Ganay, Philippine, writer of preface.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 75098
Call No.: ID:92-B2418
Status: Available