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Newport Mansions: Postcards of the Gilded Age
Federico Santi
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Description for Newport Mansions: Postcards of the Gilded Age
Paperback. Num Pages: 111 pages, 189 color & 14 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBER; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 279 x 10. Weight in Grams: 578.
Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed The Queen of Resorts, has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, these vintage cards illuminate the glories of the Gilded Age, when huge mansions or cottages built by competing industrialists blossomed along Bellevue Avenue and The Cliff Walk, turning a once-quiet New England watering hole into the apex of nouveau riche destinations. With most Newport cards depicting images of these fabulous mansions, they illustrate pictorially how the new American royalty spent their leisure time and their wealth. This captivating book features over 200 period ... Read more
Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed The Queen of Resorts, has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, these vintage cards illuminate the glories of the Gilded Age, when huge mansions or cottages built by competing industrialists blossomed along Bellevue Avenue and The Cliff Walk, turning a once-quiet New England watering hole into the apex of nouveau riche destinations. With most Newport cards depicting images of these fabulous mansions, they illustrate pictorially how the new American royalty spent their leisure time and their wealth. This captivating book features over 200 period ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
580g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764324970
SKU
V9780764324970
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Federico Santi
Federico Santi and John Gacher have lived in Newport, Rhode Island, since 1985 and established their antiques business, The Drawing Room, that same year. They are also the authors of Zsolnay Ceramics: Collecting a Culture and Art Nouveau Ironwork of Austria & Hungary.
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