Life in the French country house
By: Mark Girouard.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Country homes -- France; Upper class -- Dwellings -- France; Home economics -- France; Architecture, Domestic -- France; Country life -- France; France -- Social life and customs
Description: Girouard (architectural historian and author) leads a tour through the architecture's rooms, grounds, plans, and developments, providing frequent snippets of primary sources; historical background to the political situation, owners, builders, locale, individual buildings and architectural elements; and chapters on useful details too often omitted, such as plumbing, lighting, servants' quarters, kitchens, and stables.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-345) and index.