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Identifier: americanestatesg00ferr (find matches)
Title: American estates and gardens
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Ferree, Barr, 1862-1924
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- United States Gardens
Publisher: New York, Munn and Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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C>;>yriglit. 1897, by Frank H. Lhild. Newport. R. I. THE BREAKERS—THE LIBRARY. keeping with the lavish scale in which each great house is maintained. If the social life ismaintained at a high key, the architectural life, so to speak, is raised to a corresponding degree.The architectural thought which lay behind the creation of Versailles is identical withthe ideas that have brought the great houses of Newport into existence. It is true that Ver-sailles was a single palace, built by a despotic monarch for his own delight, while Newport isan aggregation of palaces, built not by despots, but by free American citizens. But the palaceof Versailles was a vast architectural background for court fetes and festivities of all sorts.Just so the palaces of Newport are architectural backgrounds for the pleasures and sports of (65)
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Copyriiiht, I8<y7, hy Ir.riik H. Lllil.l, .\c«;.jtl. K. I THE BREAKERS—THE STATE DINING-ROOM. (66) AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS its inhabitants. The scale is different, the place and the manners, but the architectural mean-ing of both is identical. The Newport house must be large, splendid, and expensive. It will be the scene ofmany costly entertainments, and it must, therefore, properly set forth the wealth and socialposition of its owner. It must be suitai^ly environed in handsome grounds; it must l)e richwithin and without; it must have large rooms for entertaining, and be fvxrnished anddecorated in keeping with the means of its owner; it must possess architectural interest, andmust excite the admiration of every one fortunate enough to behold it or privileged to enter itswell-guarded portals. And all of this is natural and entirely in keeping with the ideas aroundwhich Newport has been developed as a favorite watering place. The great houses are notluxuries, from the standpo

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  • booksubject:Architecture__Domestic____United_States
  • booksubject:Gardens
  • bookpublisher:New_York__Munn_and_Company
  • bookcontributor:Wellesley_College_Library
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