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Title: The gentleman's farm : elegant country house living / Laurie Ossman and Debra A. McClane ; photography by Walter Smalling Jr.

Publisher: New York : Rizzoli, 2016.

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 Warrenton Adult Non-Fiction  728.8 OSS    REPAIR SHELF  ---
Description: 272 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary: For four centuries, the ideal of the gentlemans farm has inspired Virginians to create extraordinary homes on landscapes of unparalleled beauty. Often places of retreat, these houses display the virtues of the very best of American historic and classical architecture, incorporating harmonious proportion, elegant interiors, and thoughtful design in traditional styles. Each one in its way a model of taste and beauty, the houses of The Gentlemans Farm are an expression of an American ideal of domestic happiness, the very picture of home, which has served to influence the style of residential building across the country. The houses featured, including a centuries old home for a president as well as recently built residences, present a stylish, traditional aesthetic, hallmarks of which include warm, wood-paneled libraries, plaster walls hung with paintings of horse riding scenes, classical motifs, lovingly wrought architectural detail, screened porches, large windows that frame inspiring vistas of the country landscapeall those things that say home to the country gentleman and gentlewoman.
Contents: Preface -- Part 1: Establishing an American Tradition - Shirley Plantation, Charles City County -- Eyre Hall, Northampton County -- Mount Vernon, Fairfax County -- Monticello, Albemarle County -- Oak Hill, Loudoun County -- Poplar Forest, Bedford County -- Berry Hill, Halifax County -- Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County -- Part 2: Reinventing and Refining Tradition - Castle Hill, Albemarle County -- Edgewood, Albemarle County -- Morven Park, Loudoun County -- North Wales, Fauquier County -- Edgemont, Albemarle County -- Marriott Ranch at Fairfield Farm, Fauquier County -- Oak Spring Farm and Rokeby Stables, Fauquier County -- Part 3: Sustaining the Tradition - Barboursville Vineyards, Orange County -- Mount Sharon, Orange County -- Mount Pleasant, Surry County -- Peace & Plenty at Bollingbrook, Fauquier County -- Elway Hall, Fauquier County -- Ayrshire Farm, Fauquier County -- The Farm at Sunnyside, Rappahannock County -- Salamander Resort and Spa, Loudoun County -- Endnotes -- Index -- Acknowledgements.
Bibliog.: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Country homes -- Virginia.
Mansions -- Virginia.
Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia.
Interior decoration -- Virginia.
Farmhouses -- Virginia.
Contributors: McClane, Debra A., author.
Smalling, Walter, photographer.
ISBN/ISSN: 9780847848003 (hardcover)
0847848000 (hardcover)

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