Tag Archives: Jan Siberechts Dutch Artist

noble houses: home economics

The noble houses of eighteenth century England… …In themselves, or rather in their titles, these men symbolized great accretions of social and political power as well as wealth. They were heads of great clans of families who had served them … Continue reading

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rubbing shoulders with the celestial emperor

The noble houses of eighteenth century England. Eventually the life blood of civilization began to flow through the veins of barbarized Europe. Gradually, a tide of wealth swept over the old noble warrior society. By 1750 the Western world had … Continue reading

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country living: size and surprise

The noble houses of eighteenth century England… …To most visitors it is a strange unreal world that opens before their eyes, and questions crowd in. Are the 365 rooms at Knole in Kent really necessary even for a duke?  Two … Continue reading

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trump these for size

The noble houses of eighteenth-century England. By 1750 the Western world had captured a vast commerce unequaled in human history. The riches derived from it, enabled men of property, the merchant class, to live in a sophisticated luxury previously enjoyed … Continue reading

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noble houses

“Are three hundred and sixty-five rooms at Knole in Kent really necessary even for a duke? Two hundred years, or six hundred and six feet to be precise, seems excessive for the front of any house; the Marquess of Rockingham … Continue reading

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