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Royal drawings at Waddesdon Manor. (Report from Europe).("Royalty: 18th Century French Drawings at Waddesdon Manor")(Brief Article)
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the queen's accession to the throne, the drawings exhibition at Waddesdon Manor near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire is devoted to a royal theme. It features eighteenth-century French designs for furniture, state apartments, ornaments, and ironwork. The designs, all from the Waddesdon collection, are for a range of objects and decorative schemes that would have been commissioned by the French court.
The exhibition is entitled Royalty: 18th Century French Drawings at Waddesdon Manor. The themes of the exhibition are architecture and ornament, interiors, royal events, and allegory. Among the works in the first category are two anonymous designs for wrought-iron gates, both incorporating the fleur-de-lis and the letter L. There is also a design for a ...
- Bric-a-Brac: a Rothchild's memoir of collecting: in 1897 the creator of...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Hall, Michael July 1, 2007 700+ words
...account of his creation of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, which...furnishing and decoration of Waddesdon Manor were to be his central interests...Dutch Old Masters and 18th-century French decorative arts, and followed...
- Waddesdon Manor.(News review)
- Magazine article from: Apollo Spanier, Samson May 1, 2004 700+ words
It is a year of furniture at Waddesdon Manor, the nineteenth-century mansion in Buckinghamshire commissioned...furniture inspired by its outstanding collection of eighteenth century French furniture, APOLLO can reveal. Plans were being finalised...
- Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review July 1, 2002 700+ words
Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House. Michael Hall. Harry N. Abrams...pounds sterling]45.00. 320 pages. ISBN 0-8109-3239-3. Waddesdon Manor, now owned by the National Trust, is one of the most famous and...
- The Waddesdon Manor nautilus shell and triton: a masterpiece from the William...
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Leben, Ulrich October 1, 2003 700+ words
...the fine pieces acquired by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild for Waddesdon Manor, his estate near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. It is a...Woods in London in 1882, (2) and it is documented at Waddesdon Manor in 1898 as part of a display of precious objects in the...
- From monuments to mustard pots: the eagerly awaited publication of the...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Laffan, William July 1, 2007 700+ words
The James A. De Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor; Designs for Architecture, Design and Ornament MICHAEL...The publishing record of the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor is a model of its kind. The manifold richness of its...
- Waddesdon Manor: the Heritage of a Rothschild House. (reading list).(book)
- Magazine article from: Interior Design Abercrombie, Stanley June 1, 2002 700+ words
Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House By Michael Hall New York: Harry N. Abrams, $65 320 pages, 300 illustrations (168 color...
- The aviary at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, has been restored to its...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Spanier, Samson November 1, 2004 700+ words
The aviary at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, has been restored to its late-nineteenth century form, as envisaged by Ferdinand Rothschild, who commissioned...
- NEWS IN PICTURES: Waddesdon Manor.
- Magazine article from: Design Week October 8, 2009 700+ words
Students at the Royal College of Art have designed products for country house Waddesdon Manor. The range, which launches on 22 October, includes the High Tea or Chai Tea glasses by Jasleen Kaur. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors
Source: HighBeam Research, Royal drawings at Waddesdon Manor. (Report from Europe).("Royalty:...