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Regency revival: the 19th century refurnishing of Wilton: in the early 19th century Catherine Woronzow, the Russian wife of the 11th Earl of Pembroke, refurnished Wilton House with early-18th-century furniture sold from Wanstead House, Essex. The scheme i
In the 18th century the state rooms at Wilton contained very little furniture. The Cube and Double Cube Rooms were furnished only with pier tables,...
Apollo, 07/01/09 by John Martin Robinson · More from publication -
Picture perfect: this survey of Robert Adam's houses offers new insights into buildings that might have been designed for photography
The Country Houses of Robert Adam fom the Archives of Country Life The Country Houses of Robert Adam fom the Archives of Country Life EILEEN...
Apollo, 09/01/08 by John Martin Robinson · More from publication -
new arbiters of taste, The
GREAT COLLECTORS OF OUR TIME: ART COLLECTING SINCE 1945 by James Stourton Scala, ÃÂã45, pp. 480, ISBN 9781857595147 ÃÂã36...
Spectator, The, 01/26/08 by Robinson, John Martin · More from publication -
With nineveh and tyre: both the wealth of vanished Scottish houses and the heroic documenting of them by the National Monuments Record of Scotland are celebrated in this absorbing book of photographs
Scotland's Lost Houses Scotland's Lost Houses IAN GOW Aurum, 40 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9781845130510 This is the most recent in the Aurum...
Apollo, 04/01/07 by John Martin Robinson · More from publication -
No provincial laggard
INIGO JONES AND THE EUROPEAN CLASSICIST TRADITION by Giles Worsley Yale, ÃÂã40, pp. 220, ISBN 9780300117295 . ÃÂã32 (plus...
Spectator, The, 03/17/07 by Robinson, John Martin · More from publication -
An evangelical architect: a richly illustrated survey of Quinlan Terry's career makes John Martin Robinson wonder why this ardent classicist regards himself as a martyr of modernism when he is such a puritanical modernist himself
Radical Classicism: The Architecture of Quinlan Terry Radical Classicism: The Architecture of Quinlan Terry DAVID WATKIN Rizzoli, 35 [pounds...
Apollo, 10/01/06 by John Martin Robinson · More from publication -
Arundel Castle ducal splendour revived: to open this special issue on the collections of the Dukes of Norfolk, John Martin Robinson explores the family's principal seat, Arundel Castle, Sussex, which is both a medieval monument and a magnificent Victorian
Arundel Castle is two buildings in one, as is recognised by its being both a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade I-listed building. The Norman...
Apollo, 06/01/06 by John Martin Robinson · More from publication -
The model of a modern monarch: a wide-ranging volume of essays on the patronage of George III and Queen Charlotte portrays them in greater depth than any biography
The Wisdom of George the Third The Wisdom of George the Third JONATHAN MARSDEN (ED.) Royal Collection Publications, 15 [pounds sterling] ISBN...
Apollo, 02/01/06 by John Martin Robinson · More from publication -
England's Thousand Best Houses
The stateliest and the starriest ENGLAND'S THOUSAND BEST HOUSES by Simon Jenikins Allen Lane, L30, pp, 950, ISBN 073995963 This elegant synthesis...
Spectator, The, 10/25/03 by Robinson, John Martin · More from publication -
Patriotic glory
traces the history of the coronation ceremony The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953 was an amazing achicvement. It is possible to...
Spectator, The, 05/31/03 by Robinson, John Martin · More from publication
