Send us a text Phipps, Carnegie and Old Westbury Gardens In its turn of the 20th-century heyday, Long Island could boast no fewer than 900 country houses. Since then, most have disappeared, leaving Old Westbury Gardens in a unique position – the only house to have survived complete with its collections, garden and archive. Clive has just been there and shares its wonder with John, asking why the American country house is such a different beast form its counterparts in the UK. &nbs...
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Send us a text Phipps, Carnegie and Old Westbury Gardens In its turn of the 20th-century heyday, Long Island could boast no fewer than 900 country houses. Since then, most have disappeared, leaving Old Westbury Gardens in a unique position – the only house to have survived complete with its collections, garden and archive. Clive has just been there and shares its wonder with John, asking why the American country house is such a different beast form its counterparts in the UK. &nbs...
The Dollar Princesses Who Revolutionised The British Country House
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The Dollar Princesses Who Revolutionised The British Country House
Send us a text The American girl was a phenomenon, charming, sporty, better educated than her European counterpart. talk on a wide range of subjects. Around sixty American girls became peeresses at the turn of the 20th century. ‘We are the dollar princesses,’ ran a popular song. Crossing the Atlantic was no longer as perilous as it had been in earlier days. Huge fortunate had been made during the expansion of the United States after the Civil War. From the 1870s, arist...
Your Places or Mine
Send us a text Phipps, Carnegie and Old Westbury Gardens In its turn of the 20th-century heyday, Long Island could boast no fewer than 900 country houses. Since then, most have disappeared, leaving Old Westbury Gardens in a unique position – the only house to have survived complete with its collections, garden and archive. Clive has just been there and shares its wonder with John, asking why the American country house is such a different beast form its counterparts in the UK. &nbs...
