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The muses of Gwinn : art and nature in a garden designed by Warren H. Manning, Charles A. Platt & Ellen Biddle Shipman / Robin Karson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sagaponack, N.Y. : Sagapress, c1995.Description: x, 204 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0898310342 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB466.U7 G884 1995
Contents:
Introduction to Gwinn -- Formal and informal design in the country place era -- Charles A. Platt, Warren H. Manning, Ellen Biddle Shipman -- William Gwinn Mather -- Locating a site -- Designing the house -- Designing the garden -- Refinements -- Taming the wild garden -- The fountains of Gwinn -- The big wild garden -- The middle years -- The depression years -- Renewal.

"In association with the Library of American Landscape History."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-198) and index.

Introduction to Gwinn -- Formal and informal design in the country place era -- Charles A. Platt, Warren H. Manning, Ellen Biddle Shipman -- William Gwinn Mather -- Locating a site -- Designing the house -- Designing the garden -- Refinements -- Taming the wild garden -- The fountains of Gwinn -- The big wild garden -- The middle years -- The depression years -- Renewal.

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