Thomas Chippendale: Britain's Most Celebrated Furniture Designer
Thomas Chippendale (1718 – 1779) was a London cabinet-maker and furniture designer in the mid-Georgian, English Rocco, and Neoclassical...
Osterley Park: Elizabethan Meets Neoclassical
On Friday we went to see – oh! the palace of palaces! and yet a palace sans crown, sans coronet – but such expense! such taste! such...
Harewood House: Neoclassical Excellence
'I would not exceed the limits of expense that I have always set myself. Let us do everything properly and well, mais pas trop.' - Edwin...
Nostell Priory: The Treasury of Chippendale's Masterpieces
Nostell Priory was designed in the fashionable Palladian style, intended to be a symbol of the owner’s wealth and fashionable taste. It...
