Maymont, an American estate

"'Maymont: An American Estate' is the first book to present the full story of the Dooleys’ and their Richmond home in all its Gilded Age glory. The 80-page publication, available in hardcover and softcover editions, recounts the early lives of the Dooleys and their years at Maymont, and provides vivid descriptions of the mansion’s interiors, the extensive collection of original furnishings, the gardens, grounds, and estate buildings. It also covers the estate’s early years as a public museum and park managed by the City of Richmond from 1926 to 1975, and brings the story up to the present day, now under the care of Maymont Foundation, the nonprofit which has operated, maintained, and preserved the property since 1975."-- "During the Gilded Age of the late 1880s through the 1910s—the era of Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt—American millionaires displayed their prosperity by building and decorating impressive homes. In 1893 Richmond-born financier James Henry Dooley and his wife, Sallie May Dooley, added to those prestigious residences with their 100-acre country estate, Maymont. The Dooleys spent three decades filling its sumptuous interiors with treasures from around the world and establishing Maymont’s magnificent gardens, landscape, and architecture. They bequeathed Maymont, completely intact, to the City of Richmond for its use as a public museum and park. Today, Maymont stands out as an unusually complete example of a Gilded Age estate. The residence, gardens, and grounds remain very much as they were during the Dooleys’ years, while the restored servant areas present the upstairs-downstairs lifestyle of the times."--

שנה

2015

שפה

English

הוצאה

Scala Arts Publishers, Inc.

מהדורות

1

עמודים

79

ISBN

9781857599732

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata