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Noble Households 2006 - Eighteenth Century Inventories of Great English Houses - a Tribute to John Cornforth (Hardcover)
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Noble Households 2006 - Eighteenth Century Inventories of Great English Houses - a Tribute to John Cornforth (Hardcover)
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Published in memory of the architectural historian John Cornforth,
these great house inventories document the taste and lifestyle of
leading aristocratic patrons and the households that supported
them. John Cornforth (1937-2004), the eminent architectural
historian and passionate advocate of the historic interior,
believed that inventories were an unrivalled primary resource for
the interpretation of the historic interior. The book serves as a
tribute to his lifelong interest in the field. Cornforth saw the
importance of inventories in inspiring not just changes in approach
to the history of the great house, but in underpinning the
interpretation of the way in which these houses were used and lived
in. They reflect the interest in household management, the daily
lives of the servants who maintained the house while the owner was
absent, and the equipment needed to provide for grand
entertainments when the owner was at home. Now that there is such
fascination with the history of food and life below stairs, the
contents of the kitchen and scullery assume as much interest as the
grand rooms of entertainment. These inventories provide an
opportunity to compare the arrangements of the interiors of the
great country houses and town houses of the same noble families in
different generations. They will inspire yet fuller interpretations
of the households they document, and appeal to country house
visitors and historians of interiors, patronage and collecting, as
well as to art directors of historical films and creative
designers.
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