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The Elevation Of Wilberry House In The County Of Wilt The Seat Of William Benfon

Charming pencil c.1930's drawing of a French chateau with elaborate gardens. Image Sz: 5.75"H x 7.5"W in coral mat w/ gilt bamboo frame

Classic hand-colour architectural plate depicting the pavillon de reunion par M Faccard 1837 in a gilt frame Print Sz: 19"H x 11 1/2"W Frame Sz: 22 1/4"H x 15"W The Pavillon de La...

Classic watercolor of the Clarence Birdseye Estate in Gloucester, Mass designed by Thomas Hixon (architect) Art Sz: 13 5/8"H x 21 3/4"W Frame Sz: 21"H x 29"W Clarence Birdseye (December 9, 1886 – October 7, 1956) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist, considered the founder of the modern frozen food...

w/ 356 lots Sotheby Parke Bernet New York October 8-9, 1976 9 1/4" x 8 3/4" Ronald Tree was a former editor of Forum Magazine who had moved to England in the 1930s and set up residence in the magnificent Ditchley Park Manor. A member of Parliament, Tree was also a friend of Churchill, who visited Ditchley Park often during the Second World War. After the war the Trees packed up the “country house” contents of the manor and moved it to New York, where they lived until the contents were sold at this auction. A wonderful auction of “country manor” furnishings and decorations. Churchill smoked and drank in these chairs... While involved with Huston and married to FitzGerald, Marietta began an affair with Ronald Tree, who was a grandson of retail magnate Marshall Field and MP for Harborough, Leicestershire. Tree and Peabody divorced their spouses at the end of World War II and married on July 26, 1947. Marietta moved into Tree's home, Ditchley Park, but found herself bored with English country life. Tree and most of his friends were Conservatives, and Democrat Marietta again found herself politically isolated. Their daughter Penelope was born in 1949. Short of money, Tree sold Ditchley and agreed to return to New York City with Marietta, her daughter Frances Fitzgerald and their own daughter, future '60s fashion model Penelope Tree...

English Victorian black & gold framed colored lithograph of an English estate "Bradbourne, Near Levenoke, in the County of Kent"

Antique print titled 'North Front of Foremark (..)'. Old engraving of Foremarke Hall, a Georgian-Palladian country house and manor house. This print originates from 'Vitruvius Britannicus...

A fine FIRST EDITION ELEPHANT FOLIO of Jame's Paine monumental work: Plans, Elevations and Section of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses, and also of Stabling, Bridges, Public and Priv...

Antique print titled 'Principal Front of Sandon'. Architectural elevation of Sandon Hall, Staffordshire. This print originates from 'Vitru...