Newport Mansions

Postcards of the Gilded Age

Federico Santi, John Gacher (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

120 Seiten

2016 | Revised and expanded 2nd edition
Schiffer Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7643-5209-6 (ISBN)

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Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed "the Queen of Resorts," has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, these vintage cards illuminate the glories of the Gilded Age, when huge mansions or "cottages" built by competing industrialists blossomed along Bellevue Avenue and the Cliff Walk, turning a once-quiet New England watering hole into the apex of nouveau riche destinations. This updated and expanded second edition features over 200 period images of the mansions, the beautiful beaches, and the shopping areas where the Newport Summer Colony gathered to do what they did best: spend money. See how Newport was forever changed by the prolific growth of "cottages" during the late nineteenth century. Today, many of these testaments to power and wealth are house museums, where thousands visit annually to see firsthand how the rich and famous lived. Includes a guide to postcard values and collector tips.

Federico Santi and John Gacher moved to Newport, Rhode Island, in 1985 and established their antiques business, The Drawing Room, that same year. They are also the authors of Zsolnay Ceramics: Collecting a Culture and Art Nouveau Ironwork of Austria & Hungary.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.01.2017
Zusatzinfo	217 color photos
Verlagsort	Atglen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	279 x 216 mm
Gewicht	771 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7643-5209-1 / 0764352091
ISBN-13	978-0-7643-5209-6 / 9780764352096
Zustand	Neuware