For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/c9J3HQZh6U4 . Bedroom floor In Book 1 of Virgil's Aeneid,…
For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/gyPVUmG8bEo . Wharton and Codman's The Decoration of Houses notes:…
For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/LubSvEROliY. Ground floor & stairs This is the side of…
For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/3pYpKcmp5o4. Informal gardens We go through the lime allée and…
Background: The Mount The Mount, Edith Wharton's home, was completed in 1902. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/V0a3Xc_6BXc. In 1897, at age 30 - long before she…
For more on Naumkeag, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/lQYzlOFti3M. Gardens at the north end of Naumkeag This week, we're…
For more on Naumkeag, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/MMlZuPW6zjg. Inside the house Ventfort (here and here) and The Mount -…
For more on Naumkeag, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/npmDQpdImZY. This week: more of Naumkeag's spectacular gardens. Naumkeag's gardens, continued…
This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/L4Gxc_QQWb0. Naumkeag (website here) is a 44-room “Berkshire cottage” in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The Gilded Age mansion boasts fantastic gardens, spectacular views, and…
For more on the Worcester Art Museum, see the first post in this series. In this post (the final in the series) we look American paintings of the late19th and early…