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Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld both trained and worked as lawyers before studying garden design. Henrietta went on to work with landscape and garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and then started her own garden design business. Bridget went on to study horticulture in London before spending (...)

This lavish catalogue presents sketches made en plein air between the end of the eighteenth century and late nineteenth century. It accompanies a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington (USA), the Fondation Custodia (France) and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (UK).In the (...)

Esta obra va dirigida a diferentes tipos de aficionados. Modelistas, coleccionistas de militaria y amantes de la historia disfrutarán de un gran libro de consulta y referencia. En este libro encontramos una gran recopilación de fotografías de época, ilustraciones, procesos paso a paso de pintura y (...)

Nature and architecture have never been more intertwined. As more of the earth?s surface is swallowed up by the built environment, architects are increasingly up to the task of integrating flora and greenery into their creations. There are many ways to express this: green roofs, living walls, (...)

The couturiere Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was a key figure in Paris fashion between the two World Wars. Following in the footsteps of her mentor Paul Poiret, she designed her first knitwear collection in January 1927 announcing the arrival of a major new designer. Decorated with trompe-l'oeil (...)

Montecito es una comunidad costera a menudo eclipsada por su vecina Santa Bárbara, que es generalmente como les gusta a sus residentes. Aunque es el hogar y el refugio de numerosas celebridades como Steve Martin, Drew Barrymore y el Príncipe Harry y Meghan Markle, el cultivo intencional de un (...)