Boughton House
The English Versailles  
edited by Dr Tessa Murdoch

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	Boughton House is one of the great houses of England. And yet it is still unfamiliar to many people. With generous encouragement from the Duke of Buccleuch, Tessa Murdock has brought to fruition a sumptuous tribute to the house, its treasures and its colourful history.
Twenty-one leading experts have written contributions on different aspects of the house and its collections, and the book enables the reader for the first time to appreciate to the full its incomparable riches and its very individual qualities. List of Contributors
John Cornforth The Montagus and Buccleuchs at Boughton Dr Tessa Murdoch The Patronage of the Montagus and the Decorative Painting of Louis Chéron John Heward Architecture at Boughton before 1685 Gervase Jackson Stops French and Dutch Influence on Architecture and Interiors Professor Michael Jaffé The Old Masters and Van Dyck Sketches Pippa Mason The Picture Frames Wendy Hefford The Tapestries Ian Bennett and Michael Franses The Carpets Peter Hughes The French Furniture	John Hardy The English Furniture Simon Jervis The Portuguese and Goan Furniture Rosalind Savill The Sevres Porcelain Rose Kerr The Blanc de Chine Porcelain Phillappa Glanville The Silver A V B Norman, Dr Sarah Bevan & Clause Blair The Armoury Nicholas Barker The Manuscripts Robin Langley The Music Dr Malcolm Rogers The Portraits of the Montagu Family
This is the definitive book on an historic family home and its fine arts collection. It is available at £100.00, or £105 + p+p. To order contact The Living Landscape Trust: Boughton House Kettering Northamptonshire NN14 1BJ Telephone - 01536 515731 Fax - 01536 417255 email - llt@boughtonhouse.org.uk   Faber and Faber - Publishers of the Boughton House "The English Versailles" Book Back to House Group Visit Information Top of Page

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