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Cathedral Reborn. Pavlovsk Palace & Park. American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer. The Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion. The Main Line: Country Houses 1870 - 1930.

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AMERICAN SPLENDOR
THEDRAL REBOR
THE RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE OF HORACE
TRUMBAUER
THE MAIN LINE
COUNTRY HOUSES
1870-1930
MICHAEL C. KATHRENS
William Morrison Introduction by Mark Alan Hewitt
ACANTHUS PRESS
PABST
PAVLOVSK
MANSION
Park
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
AMERICAN
SPLENDOR
THEDRAL
REBOR
THE
RESIDENTIAL
ARCHITECTURE
OF
HORACE
TRUMBAUER
THE
MAIN
LINE
COUNTRY
HOUSES
1870-1930
MICHAEL
KATHRENS
Preface-by
HOPE
REED
William
Morrison
Introduction by
Mark
Alan
Hewitt
ACANTHUS
PRESS
FREDERICK
PABST
PAVLOVSK
MANSION
Park
AN
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORY

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125
Ceiling decoration
from design by Gonzaga (1799)
Sofa and armchairs
Wood, carved and gllt
1784 Workshop
Henr
France
of
France
1784
THE GRAND HALL
125
Ceiling
decoration
In
fresco
by
Treskin
and
1957
from
design
by
(1799)
Sofa
and
armchairs
Wood,
carved
and
1784
Workshop
Henr
France
of
Upholstered
in
tambour
stitch
France
1784
THE
GRAND
HALL

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for
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dreds
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and
sense
of
monumentality
was
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mansard
settings
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overly
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accompanied
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effect
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from
which

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TIMBERLINE
TIMBERLINE
Radnor Township, 1907
Main
of four
Line
estates
FIRST
WAS
designed
by
the
THE
eminent
New
York-based
sensitive country house architect the relationship Charles between Adams a house Platt Trained and it in surroundings. Europe as a landscape The park-like artist, Platt countryside was deeply of
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A
TIMBERLINE
TIMBERLINE
Radnor
Township,
1907
Main
of four
Line
estates
FIRST
WAS
designed
by
the
THE
eminent
New
York-based
sensitive
country
house architect
the
relationship
Charles
between
Adams
a
house
Platt
Trained
and
it
in
Europe
as
a
landscape
The
park-like
artist,
Platt
countryside
was
deeply
of
Southeastern
to
Pennsylvania
inspired
the
architect
to
produce
some
of
his
most
distinctive
amply
T
shown
by
Radnor
Township's
Timberline
wealth
nificen
made
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tion
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ment
Twent
establ
try
life
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from
photo
resear
featur
Garden
elevation
Adam
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the
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who
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el
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CATHEDRAL REBORN
CATHEDRAL
REBORN

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It is essential to bear in mind that
enrichment of the whole
the treatment of the Nave
emotion which the
Cathedral itself will
abstract. The subject-matter
produce. In the Cathedral the
must therefore not be considered
windows do not read
as illustrations of Bible stories
logically round it, as in
or lives of the Saints, but as a
many churches but
series of themes broadly based
progress in pairs towards the
on the progress of Christian man
Altar; on the one side is
through this life to the world of
the "Man" or natural order,
It
is
essential
to
bear
in
mind
that
enrichment
of
the
whole
the
treatment
of
the
Nave
emotion
which
the
windows
is
abstract,
semi-
Cathedral
itself
will
abstract.
The
subject-matter
In
the
Cathedral
the
must
therefore
not
be
considered
windows
do
not
read
as
illustrations
of
Bible
stories
logically
round
it,
as
in
or
lives
of
the
Saints,
but
as
a
many
churches
but
series
of
themes
broadly
based
progress
in
pairs
towards
the
on
the
progress
of
Christian
man
Altar;
on
the
one
side
is
through
this
life
to
the
world
of
the
"Man"
or
natural

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OVSK
PAVLOVSK
Aurora
PALACE MUSEUMS
Art Publishers
Palace
Park
Leningrad
THE CAPTAIN FREDERICK
EASTBERG
PABST MANSION
AN
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORY
AMERICAN
KATHRENS
THE RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE OF
SPLENDOR
HORACE TRUMBAUER
MORRISON
PRESS
SERIES
DOMESTIC
THE MAIN LINE
ACANTHUS
COUNTRY HOUSES
PRESS
ACANTHUS
OVSK
PAVLOVSK
Aurora
PALACE
MUSEUMS
Art
Publishers
Palace
Park
Leningrad
THE
CAPTAIN
FREDERICK
EASTBERG
PABST
MANSION
AN
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORY
AMERICAN
KATHRENS
THE
RESIDENTIAL
ARCHITECTURE
OF
SPLENDOR
HORACE
TRUMBAUER
MORRISON
PRESS
SERIES
DOMESTIC
THE
MAIN
LINE
ACANTHUS
COUNTRY
HOUSES
PRESS
ACANTHUS



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