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A survey of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, for all who love grand houses. Newport Villas describes the architectural and social development of this summer resort town, the nexus of wealth and fashion at the end of the nineteenth century. All the accoutrements were the best that money could buy, whether it was Parisian frocks, meticulously groomed thoroughbred horses, or meals prepared by imported French chefs. To properly mount their entertainments, Newport's elite built ""cottages"" that ranged in size from thirty to seventy rooms. The country's most accomplished architects designed these seaside villas, many of them rivaling the great houses of Europe. Pictured here in abundant archival and new photographs, with accompanying floor plans, the houses cover the gamut of revival styles from Colonial Revival to Stick Style, from French Baroque to Tuscan villa. 350 black-and-white photographs and plans, 25 color photographs

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[A] treasure for those who are interested in the history and the architecture of the Gilded Age in Newport. --David Patrick Columbia

[A] treasure for those who are interested in the history and the architecture of the Gilded Age in Newport. -- David Patrick Columbia

[A] treasure for those who are interested in the history and the architecture of the Gilded Age in Newport.--David Patrick Columbia

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Michael C. Kathrens, an independent scholar specializing in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American residential architecture and interior decoration, wrote The Great Houses of New York 1880-1930. He lives in New York City.

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