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• Title:Kensington Palace : art, architecture and society / Tracy Borman [and 5 others] ; edited by Olivia Fryman ; with a foreword by David Starkey.
  
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• Author/Creator:Borman, Tracy, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Fryman, Olivia, editor.
  Starkey, David, writer of foreword.
  
• Published/Created:New Haven ; London : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, in association with Historic Royal Palaces, [2018]
  ©2018
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NA7746.L64 K458 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Kensington Palace (London, England)--History.
  London (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.
  
• Description:xiv, 392 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
  
• Summary:Kensington Palace is renowned for its architecture, splendid interiors, internationally important collections, and, of course, its royal residents. This lavish book thoroughly explores Kensington's physical beauty and its history, presenting new material drawn from archives, newspapers, personal letters, images, and careful analysis of the building itself. Originally a fashionable Jacobean villa, Kensington was dramatically rebuilt in 1689 by Christopher Wren for the newly crowned monarchs, William III and Mary II. The palace became the favored London home of five sovereigns, surviving fires, partial collapse, bombings, and periods of neglect. Queen Victoria recognized its national significance and set about restyling the massive structure with some of England's greatest architects and artists. With over 450 illustrations, including specially commissioned reconstructions and historic plans, this volume explores the personal tastes and fashions of the British monarchy over the course of 300 years and provides insight into the 20th- and 21st-century royal family's domestic life.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-373) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780300236538 (hardback)
  0300236530 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Foreword / David Starkey
  Acknowledgements
  Introduction / Olivia Fryman & Tracy Borman
  Part 1 : Kensington before the palace. Kensington before 1600 / Lee Prosser ; The making of a London suburb / Olivia Fryman
  Part 2 : A royal home. 'A patch'd building, but ... a very sweet villa' : Sir Christopher Wren and the building of Kensington / Lee Prosser ; 'Very noble, tho' not greate' : the making of a new court for William, Mary and Anne / Sebastian Edwards ; 'All the elegancies of art' : the baroque garden / Joanna Marschner
  Part 3 : Georgian Kensington. George I at Kensington : from personal rule to parliamentary politics / Sebastian Edwards ; The hub of fashionable society / Joanna Marschner & Deirdre Murphy ; 'The good air, the gardens and the fine prospect' : Kensington's landscape gardens / Joanna Marschner ; 'For his Majesties service' : the household below stairs, 1689-1760 / Olivia Fryman
  Part 4 : The aunt heap. Apartments for the royal family : 1790-1848 / Lee Prosser ; 'I like this poor Palace' : Victoria's childhood / Deirdre Murphy ; 'Kensingtonians to the core' : the palace community, 1860-1940 / Deirdre Murphy
  Part 5 : Public attraction and private home. Neglect and restoration : the state apartments and gardens, 1760-1899 / Deirdre Murphy & Lee Prosser ; Modern royals at home / Olivia Fryman ; 'A pleasing contrast of intimacy and stateliness' : Kensington as a heritage attraction / Olivia Fryman
  Appendix : Calendar of royal household removes.