Overview

Richly illustrated with newly commissioned photography, this publication chronicles the history of the iconic 1914 residence of industrialist Henry Clay Frick, while offering a room-by-room tour that showcases each space s evolution from a private residence to part of The Frick Collection. The personal and cultural significance of the mansion s interiors is explored, from the stately drawing rooms and intimate boudoirs to the galleries that house masterpieces by Bellini, Fragonard, Goya, Ingres, Manet, Rembrandt, Titian, and Vermeer. The mansion at One East Seventieth Street stands as a testament to Frick s refined taste, immense wealth, and unparalleled art collection. The reader will experience a captivating exploration of the mansion s creation, from Frick s initial vision of a comfortable, well-arranged house, simple, in good taste, and not ostentatious to the multifaceted collaboration between the strong-willed patron and his team of architects, interior decorators (including Sir Charles Carrick Allom and Elsie de Wolfe), and art dealers. This book is a reintroduction to the marvels of the Frick s collections and an introduction to the gloriously revived interiors of an internationally lauded jewel of a museum.

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""One of the delights of the Frick Collection's reopening last spring was the chance to see Henry Clay Frick's Gilded Age mansion restored to its original splendor. In this book, the museum's chief curator Xavier F. Salomon, who led the restoration, explains the history of the spaces that unite masterpieces by Bellini, Goya, and Ingres with sumptuous decor, all captured in stunning photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna. —Ingrid Abramovitch"" — ELLE DECOR

Author Information

Xavier F. Salomon is Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator at The Frick Collection. Miguel Flores-Vianna is a London-based writer, editor, and photographer, whose images appear regularly in Architectural Digest and Cabana magazine.

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