Chevening: A seat of diplomacy
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (533 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1911300113 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Julius Bryant is Keeper of Word and Image at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
About the Author Julius Bryant is Keeper of Word and Image at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
It also gives a short account of the family in the wider world in order to set their creations in context.The decoration and architectural features of each of the rooms – from the Entrance Hall with its spectacular swirling staircase of c. Chevening stands in a magnificent park below the wooded escarpment of the North Downs in Kent. It has a history dating back around 800 years, but the house we see today is almost entirely the creation of seven generations of the Stanhope family, building on the original Inigo Jones house of 1630. 1721 to the sumptuous Tapestry Room with its rare Berlin tapestries woven by Huguenot craftsmen in 1708 – are described and illustrated, and signifi cant and unusual works of art highlighted, such as important portraits by Allan Ramsay, Thomas Gainsborough, and Sir Thomas Lawrence.The Estate consists of some 3,000 acres, and the gardens include a lake, maze, parterre and a double hexagonal walled kitchen garden. This new guide highlights the contributions of the Earls and Countesses Stanhope to the buildi