The Gentleman's Farm: Elegant Country House Living

(Hardback)

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In the tradition of Rizzoli's successful Hunt Country Style and Stables, thisbook will appeal to homeowners with a hankering for genteel tradition andthe bucolic ideal. Gentleman's farms have a long and elevated tradition inAmerican life, and the houses that stand on them are gracefully traditionaland well-proportioned.

The Gentleman's Farm features all-new photography offering unprecedentedviews of well-known historic and private homes that present a stylish, traditionalaesthetic.

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 booka useful addition to their design library."
-ARRAY MAGAZINE

"Calling all lovers of traditional design and historic homes! The Gentleman's Farm: Elegant Country House Livingprovides an endless array of inspiration for anyone with dreams of owning a genteel estate brimming with woodwork."
-Curbed.com

Author Bio

Laurie Ossman, Director of Museum Affairs at The PreservationSociety of Newport County, spent every summer growing up on her grandfather'sCharolais farm in West Virginia. As Director of Woodlawn and Frank Lloyd Wright'sPope-Leighey House in Alexandria, Virginia, she worked with restaurateur MichaelBabin to reinvent the historic site as the headquarters of The Arcadia Center forSustainable Agriculture (www.arcadiafood.org). She is the author of GreatHouses of the South and co-author (with Heather Ewing) of Carrre and Hastings:The Masterworks, as well as dozens of articles and reviews in both popularmagazines and scholarly journals.

Debra A. McClane is a private consultant inarchitectural history and historic preservation. A native of Botetourt County,Virginia, she grew up on the family farm, where her father continues to raiseAngus cattle.

Walter Smalling is an architectural photographer whose work hasappeared in Architecture, House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, ArchitecturalRecord and many others. He is the photographer for more than fourteen books.