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ENGLISH BAROQUE AND ROCOCO Flashcards

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English Baroque and Rococo design styles

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William and Mary Style
Queen Anne Style
Georgian Style

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William & Mary style date

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1680s-1700

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Queen Anne style date

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1700-30s

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Georgian Style date

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1730s-1810s

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Georgian Style Kings

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Reigns of King George I, II, III, IV

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Why did England Baroque and Rococo start

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Increased wealth: English gentry (Patrons grew more sophisticated)
and
International trade made available products from continental Europe, North America and Far East

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what is the English gentry

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Below nobles / basically Middle Class

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what house type became popular among English gentry

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Country Houses

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how were rooms arranged

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Rooms arranged in long enfilades, series of adjoining spaces with doors aligned to permit a grand vista to the terminal point, usually a state bed clad in sumptuous fabrics

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Ceiling Design

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Ceilings outfitted with ornate plasterwork and illusionistic paintings

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How were wood carvings used

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Wood carvings embellished windows, doors, and balustrades

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William & Mary style wood type

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Most used wood is walnut

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William & Mary style curved forms appear where

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in chair backs, legs and in cabinets and round tables came into use

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William & Mary style emphasized

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luxury and comfort

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William & Mary style increased use of

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upholstery

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William and Mary Style New chair type

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Wing-back chair appears

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William and Mary Style more _____ types appear

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Various types of desks appear

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William and Mary Highboy

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a drawer cabinet raised on legs

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William and Mary Style Exotic materials

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pottery, carpets, etc. are now in interiors

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William and Mary Style decorative work (what and where)

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Decorative lacquer work was developed in England

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William and Mary Style Veneer used for what

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Veneer began to be used for furniture

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William and Mary Style textiles from where

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French weaving techniques were introduced into England; printed cotton Chintz began to be used for window and bed curtains.

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William and Mary Style textile types

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Lots of patterns
Matching sets of curtains, upholstery and wall hangings

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Queen Anne Style displays a sense of _____

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practicality, modesty, and comfort whereas architecture continued to reflect Baroque grandeur.

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Queen Anne Style furniture is

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smaller, lighter, and more comfortable than its predecessors

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What continued to be used during the Queen Anne Style from William and Mary Style

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Wing-back chairs, desks continued to be in use

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Queen Anne Style new chair

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The Windsor chair was widely used

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When did Queen Anne die and what happened to design

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1714 - Baroque style with its autocratic associations started to fall out of favor

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Queen Anne Design Travel/Learning

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Numerous Englishmen made the Grand Tour of France and Italy

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Grand Tour of France and Italy

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learned about architecture and design there as well as bringing treasures which they wished to incorporate into their houses.

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Georgian tastes

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Eclectic tastes: Various styles and periods utilized in the same building

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Georgian Pattern books

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Published to display own work as models for emulation and to persuade people to adopt a certain stylistic preference

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Georgian Pattern Book used by

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Pattern books oriented towards craftsmen and cabinetmakers.

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Georgian Influences

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Italian Palladian influences on architecture with references to ancient Roman and Pompeian ornamental detail (Neo-classicism)

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Georgian color schemes

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Pastel and subdued color schemes (gray and white walls with plasterwork; especially the work of Robert and James Adam)

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36
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Robert and James Adam Style

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Georgian

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37
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Robert and James Adam Important

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Created own unique style / first celebrity architects

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38
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Georgian house type

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Modest town houses

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Modest town houses important

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Beginnings of middle class
New urban condition

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40
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How did owner status affect interiors

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Comfort and grandeur of furniture depended on the status of the owner

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41
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Georgian windows

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Increasingly elaborate window treatmentsTextiles too expensive in the past, but now can show off wealth
Softens interior
New want for more privacy

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Georgian privacy why

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Middle class had the money to be able to think about more than just survival

43
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Georgian furniture

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Restrained design

44
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Georgian musical instruments

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Harpsichord was the major musical instrument

45
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Georgian wood

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Walnut is used in earlier examples, later mahogany

46
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Georgian furniture details

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Cabriole legs, ball and claw feet, carved lions’ heads were in use.

47
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Cassiobury House style

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William and Mary

48
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Cassiobury House date

49
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Cassiobury House condition today

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Demolished

50
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Belton House style

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William and Mary

51
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Belton House date + location

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1660’s-80’s England

52
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Belton House architect

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Sir Christopher Wren

53
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After the great fire of London in 1666…

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Wren was chosen to design some key buildings

54
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Wren design concept

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He was aware of Italian and French Baroque and wanted to create a distinct English vocabulary

55
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Coleshill House Style

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William and Mary

56
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Coleshill House dates

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England 1650’s

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Coleshill House Designer

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Roger Pratt

58
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Coleshill House facade

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Symmetrical facade

59
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Coleshill House Parlor

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Parlor is informal / Like a sitting space

60
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Coleshill House Stairs

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Separate stairs for servants and people that live there / guests

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Blenheim Palace date

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England 1705-1724

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Blenheim Palace Style

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Queen Anne

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Blenheim Palace Designer

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John Vanbrugh

64
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Blenheim Palace plaster work

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Plaster work still used, but not as popular

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Room from Kirtlington Park style

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Room from Kirtlington Park date

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1748, near Oxford, England

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Room from Kirtlington Park designer

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John Sanderson

68
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Thomas Chippendale

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(1718-1778) Cabinetmaker and designer

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Published The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director (1754)

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Thomas Chippendale

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George Hepplewhite

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(1720s-1786) Cabinetmaker, designer

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Published The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer Guide (1789)

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George Hepplewhite

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James and Robert Adam

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James: (1721-1792) Robert: (1728-1792)
Architect, interior designer and furniture designers

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Design style that the Adam Bros created and when

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Early Neo-Classical 1770’s

74
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Thomas Sheraton

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(1751-1806) Cabinetmaker, designer

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Published The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book (1793)

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Thomas Sheraton

76
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Georgian Thomas Chippendale furniture

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Chinese Influences
architectural ornamentation

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Why were Thomas Chippendale’s drawings important

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Allowed clients to view the piece they were commissioning before it was built. (more communication than before)

78
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Contemporary Chairs modeled after

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Hepplewhite

79
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Pair of George III (Georgian) Giltwood Armchairs designers

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James and Robert Adam

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Pair of George III (Georgian) Giltwood Armchairs made by

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Thomas Chippendale

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Pair of George III (Georgian) Giltwood Armchairs sold for

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2,169,250 pounds in June 2008 at Christie’s London

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Pair of George III (Georgian) Giltwood Armchairs curve types

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S and C curves

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Pair of George III (Georgian) Giltwood Armchairs design features

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Cabriole leg
Ball and claw feet
Coquille - shell work
Manchettes on arms

84
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Manchettes on arms

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upholstered arms

85
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Syon House date

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Middlesex 1762-1769

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Syon House designers

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James and Robert Adam

87
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Syon House style

88
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Great Hall at Syon House design features

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Graeco-Roman influences
Doric Columns
Black & white marble floor
Statues of Roman nobles on pedestals

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Great Hall at Syon House Focal Piece

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The Dying Gaul replica is flanked by set of steps leading to the Ante Room

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Ante Room at Syon House design features

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Twelve Ionic columns veneered in green
scagliola (fine plaster to imitate marble)
Gilded trophy panels and statues of Greek
and Roman gods and goddesses

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Osterley Park Design Style

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Neo-Classical

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Osterley Park dates

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Middlesex 1762-1769

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Osterley Park Designers

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James and Robert Adam

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Georgian Town Houses date

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1730’s-1820’s

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Georgian Town Houses shape

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Large row-houses, usually 4-5 stories high
Facing on the square and major streets

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Georgian Town Houses Servant work spaces location

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Service spaces (kitchen, laundry, etc.) in the basement

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Georgian Town Houses public space locations

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Spaces for the entertainment of guests (Formal reception rooms, dining room) was on the ground floor

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Georgian Town Houses important public space locations

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Even more important public spaces (largest formal entertaining rooms) were located on the second floor

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Georgian Town Houses private space 1 locations

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Private spaces (master bedroom) on the third

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Georgian Town Houses private space 2 locations

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Private spaces (children’s bedrooms, guest bedrooms) on the fourth floor

101
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Georgian Town Houses servant living space locations

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Servants’ living quarters were located at the top of the house

102
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Georgian Town Houses back stair use

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Back stairs to be used by the servants

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