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The Henry Clay Frick houses : architecture, interiors, landscapes in the golden era

2001

Format:	Book
Author:	Sanger, Martha Frick Symington, author.
Title:	The Henry Clay Frick houses : architecture, interiors, landscapes in the golden era / Martha Frick Symington Sanger ; foreword by Wendell Garrett.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Monacelli Press, 2001.
Description:	xiv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
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.
Subjects:	Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919 -- Homes and haunts. Frick family -- History. Mansions -- United States. Architecture -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Interior decoration -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-289) and index.
Contents:	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.
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2001031201
ISBN:	1580931049 9781580931045
Other Number:	46703899
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	105627
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Call Number:	728.8 Frick

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