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Item Details
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ROMAN SPLENDOUR, ENGLISH ARCADIA
THE POPE'S CABINET AT STOURHEAD |
| By: |
Simon Swynfen Jervis, Dudley Dodd |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£45.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1781300240 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781781300244 |
| Publisher: |
PHILIP WILSON PUBLISHERS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
18 December, 2014 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
A celebration of a great masterpiece of Renaissance furnituremaking |
| Synopsis: |
At Stourhead in Wiltshire, the Palladian mansion contains an extraordinary Roman cabinet glittering with gilt-bronze mounts, semi-precious stones and elaborate architectural ornament. Its facade conceals over 125 more-or-less secret drawers. The cabinet was brought to Stourhead in 1740 by Henry Hoare 'the Magnificent', of the Hoare banking dynasty; he had purchased it in Rome as made for Pope Sixtus V, the great rebuilder, whose papacy, from 1585 to 1590, coincided with the Spanish Armada. The superb quality of the 'Sixtus Cabinet' became apparent during restoration in 2006 - 07 and this prompted an investigation into its history. |
| Illustrations: |
192 colour, 5 line |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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