Reviews
"The country home has long been the bellwether of classical architecture, distinctive taste, stately elegance, and tradition. . . Detailing the hallmarks of a classically styled hunt country house, [ The Gentleman's Farm ] features a variety of interiors from a presiden'ts centuries-old-home to newly designed retreats in the Virginia hunt country. Designers who appreciate proportion, history, and classical architecture, in particular, will find this book a useful addition to their design library ." - ARRAY MAGAZINE
Synopsis
The Gentleman's Farm features all-new photography offering unprecedented views of well-known historic and private homes that present a stylish, traditional aesthetic.Gentleman's farms have a long and elevated tradition in American life, and the houses that stand on them are gracefully traditional and well-proportioned., In the tradition of Rizzoli's successful Hunt Country Style and Stables, this book will appeal to homeowners with a hankering for genteel tradition and the bucolic ideal. Gentleman's farms have a long and elevated tradition in American life, and the houses that stand on them are gracefully traditional and well-proportioned. The Gentleman's Farm features all-new photography offering unprecedented views of well-known historic and private homes that present a stylish, traditional aesthetic., This sumptuous volume features gracious country homes that blend the very best of vernacular tradition, classical architecture, and high-style elegance. For four centuries, the ideal of the gentleman's 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 Gentleman's 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 landscape--all those things that say home to the country and suburban gentleman and gentlewoman.