Creative visions

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Henry Davis Sleeper's summer home, Beauport, in Gloucester, MA, begun in 1907 as a cottage and was completed in 1934. Beauport is an outstanding example of imaginative decorating and creative interior arrangements. Its 40 rooms house Sleeper's collections of furniture and objects.

Author: Maurer, David W.
Publisher: Hearst Magazines, a Division of the Hearst Corporation
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1993
Housing, Dwellings, Historic buildings, Decoration and finishing

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Renaissance man

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Thomas Jefferson was a formidable man and leader of the US who had varied accomplishments in the field of language, science, art and politics. His ideas, works and principles were primarily influenced by the Age of Enlightenment.

Author: Maurer, David W.
Publisher: Hearst Magazines, a Division of the Hearst Corporation
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1993
Behavior, Jefferson, Thomas

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A royal fantasy

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Chatsworth House and Gardens boasts of a cottage garden, a topiary arrangement resembling a cottage. The cottage garden was planned by the present Duchess of Devonshire.

Author: Maurer, David W.
Publisher: Hearst Magazines, a Division of the Hearst Corporation
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1993
Cottage gardens, English, English cottage gardens, Topiary work

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