The architecture, interiors, landscapes in the golden era Sanger, Martha Frick Symington. creator text bibliography nyu 2024 monographic eng

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xiv, 295 p. : ill. ; maps ; plans ; 31 cm. Book interweaves the stories of the lives of Henry Clay Frick, his wife, Adelaide, and their children with the history of the houses in which they lived. Discusses the construction of One East Seventieth Street, the New York home which is today the Frick Collection, and the interior decoration of all the homes the family lived in from the mid-nineteenth to the twentieth century. Vii Foreword WENDELL GARRETT -- X Preface -- 2 INTRODUCTION Beginning: Westmoreland Count, Pennsylvania Influence on the Henry Clay Frick Houses -- 14 CHAPTER I Clayton The Residence of Mrs. Henry Clay Frick Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- 84 CHAPTER II Eagle Rock A Summer Retreat, Boston’s North Shore -- 136 CHAPTER III One East Seventieth Street The New York City Residence, The Frick Collection -- 218 CHAPTER IV The Clayton Estate The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Childs Frick Long Island, New York -- 278 EPILOGUE Endings: Westmoreland Farm The Country Home of Helen Clay Frick -- 282 Notes -- 285 Glossary -- 287 Bibliography -- 289 Archival Resources -- 290 Acknowledgments -- 292 Illustration Credits -- 293 Index -- Martha Frick Symington Sanger ; foreword by Wendell Garrett. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index. Frick, Henry Clay 1849-1919 Homes and haunts Frick family History Mansions United States Architecture United States History 19th century Interior decoration United States History 19th century United States NA7207 S26 2024 728.8/092 9781580931045 1580931049 pucpr 010404 20260112104956.0 eng