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Buckingham Palace : the interiors / text and photographs by Ashley Hicks ; [foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales].
- Title
- Buckingham Palace : the interiors / text and photographs by Ashley Hicks ; [foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales].
- Author
- Hicks, Ashley,
- Publication
- New York ; London : Rizzoli, 2018.
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | N1025 .H53 2018g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans; 32 cm
- Summary
- "With rare access, interior designer and artist Ashley Hicks has photographed the State Rooms of Buckingham Palace, home of Britain's monarch since 1837. An important representation of Regency, Victorian, and Edwardian styles, the palace is the work of such noted architects as John Nash. Hicks's eye brings a vibrant take on the formal spaces, capturing the magnificent rooms furnished with treasures from the Royal Collection. Starting at the Grand Staircase, Hicks leads us through the opulently decorated State Rooms, which include the White Drawing Room and the Blue Drawing Room that both overlook the palace gardens; the Ballroom, which is the setting for twenty investiture ceremonies each year; and the Throne Room, used by Queen Victoria for spectacular costume balls in the 1840s. The long, skylit Picture Gallery is hung with important works of art in the Royal Collection by Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin, van Dyck, Vermeer, and Canaletto, among others. Decorative furnishings from George IV's exotic Brighton Pavilion lend a fanciful turn to many of the rooms. This intimate tour through the Buckingham Palace State Rooms is a necessary addition to the libraries of devotees of the royal family, English architecture, decoration, and the fine arts in general"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Interior decoration
- Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Dwellings
- Buckingham Palace (London, England)
- Photobooks
- Buckingham Palace (London, England) Pictorial works
- Pictorial works
- England > London
- Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Dwellings > Pictorial works
- Palaces > Great Britain
- Buckingham Palace (London, England.)
- Interior design > England
- Kings and rulers > Dwellings
- Interior decoration > England > London > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- Photobooks.
- Pictorial works.
- Note
- "In association with Royal Collection Trust"--Title page.
- Illustrations (plans) on lining-papers.
- Contents
- Foreword / HRH the Prince of Wales -- From the queen's house to Buckingham Palace -- Part I. Grand hall ; Grand staircase ; Green drawing room ; Throne room ; Picture gallery ; East gallery -- Part II. Marble hall & minister's staircase ; Royal closet ; White drawing room ; Music room ; Blue drawing room ; State dining room ; West gallery ; Ballroom -- Part III. Ambassadors' entrance ; Bow room ; 1844 & 1855 rooms ; Yellow drawing room ; Principal corridor ; Centre room ; Chinese dining room.
- ISBN
- 0847863190
- 9780847863198
- LCCN
- 99980501174
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries