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

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

New York : Monacelli Press, 2001.

xiv, 295 p. : ill., ports., plans ; 31 cm.

728.8 F897 2001

(OCoLC)46703899

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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
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