Architecture and Panelling: James A.de Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor

by Bruno Pons

Waddesdon Manor was built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the late 19th century. This book contains a scholarly account of the origins of the house and the first ever catalogue of the celebrated panelling which it contains, carved in the 18th century in France for great houses in Paris, and now re-assembled at Waddesdon.
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bought the Waddesdon Estate in 1874 but building did not begin until 1877. In the intervening...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856674370
• ISBN13: 9780856674372
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 6.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 9.2" x 12.3"