The Henry Clay Frick houses : architecture, interiors, landscapes in the golden era / Martha Frick Symington Sanger ; foreword by Wendell Garrett.

Main entry:

Sanger, Martha Frick Symington, author.

Title & Author:

The Henry Clay Frick houses : architecture, interiors, landscapes in the golden era / Martha Frick Symington Sanger ; foreword by Wendell Garrett.

Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, 2001.

Description:

xiv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-289) and index.
Beginnings : Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania : Influence on the Henry Clay Frick Houses -- Clayton : the Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Eagle Rock : a Summer Retreat, Boston's North Shore -- One East Seventieth Street : the New York Residence, the Frick Collection -- The Clayton Estate : The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Childs Frick, Long Island, New York -- Endings : Westmoreland Farm : the Country Home of Helen Clay Frick, Westchester County, New York.

Summary:

Book interweaves the stories of the lives of Henry Clay Frick, his wife, Adelaide, and their children with the history of the houses in which they lived. Discusses the construction of One East Seventieth Street, the New York home which is today the Frick Collection, and the interior decoration of all the homes the family lived in from the mid-nineteenth to the twentieth century.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

1580931049
9781580931045

Subject:

Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919 Homes and haunts.
Frick family History.
Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919 Résidences et lieux familiers.
Frick (Famille) Histoire.
Frick family
Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919
Frick, Henry Clay 1849-1919
Frick, Henry Clay Unternehmer.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Mansions United States.
Architecture United States History 19th century.
Interior decoration United States History 19th century.
Hôtels particuliers États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Décoration intérieure États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture
Homes
Interior decoration
Mansions
Haus
Adelshaus
Bildband
United States

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 219568
Call No.: NA7207 .S26 2001
Status: Available

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