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Wilton House: The Art, Architecture and Interiors of One of Britain's Great Stately Homes

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Visual journey through Britain's stately Wilton House.

If you're fascinated by the grandeur of Britain's aristocratic past, "Wilton House" is the perfect coffee table book for you. It's not just a detailed account of the art, architecture, and interiors but also a conversation starter, steeped in historical significance that will transport you to an age of elegance and opulence.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Wilton House: The Art, Architecture and Interiors of One of Britain's Great Stately Homes

Regular price RM155.97 MYR
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ISBN: 9780847870073
Publisher: Rizzoli Electa
Date of Publication: 2021-03-16
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Art, History
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An unprecedented tour through the rich interiors and magnificent collections of one of the great houses of the English country landscape, and a treasure of British architectural heritage. Wilton House in Salisbury, England, has been the ancestral home of the Earl of Pembroke for nearly 500 years and boasts one of the most fascinating and varied histories of all Britain's historic houses. Shaped over centuries by the most significant names in architecture and interior design, Wilton is known as the finest example of Palladian architecture in England, with interiors by Inigo Jones and John Webb, furniture by William Kent and Thomas Chippendale, and unparalleled collections of both classical sculpture and Old Master paintings--with masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, and Tintoretto among its rooms. The book explores the development of the house and its collections, from the Van Dyck paintings in Jones's remarkable Single and Double Cube state rooms to the Arundel marbles housed in James Wyatt's Gothic-revival cloisters. With a foreword by the Earl of Pembroke, a revelatory text by the historian John Martin Robinson, and imagery drawn both from Wilton's private archives and from eminent architectural and interiors photographers, this book lifts the veil on Wilton House and its remarkable history.
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Visual journey through Britain's stately Wilton House.

If you're fascinated by the grandeur of Britain's aristocratic past, "Wilton House" is the perfect coffee table book for you. It's not just a detailed account of the art, architecture, and interiors but also a conversation starter, steeped in historical significance that will transport you to an age of elegance and opulence.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.