Designing Camelot : the Kennedy White House restoration / James A. Abbott, Elaine M. Rice.

Main entry:

Abbott, James A. (James Archer), 1963-

Title & Author:

Designing Camelot : the Kennedy White House restoration / James A. Abbott, Elaine M. Rice.

Publication:

Description:

xi, 260 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Published subsequent to an exhibition organized by the author and held at Boscobel Restoration, inc., Aug. 2-Nov. 30, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Designing Camelot is the first book to document the restoration of the White House by Jacqueline Kennedy and her advisors - the most significant and extensive to date. Under the watchful eye of the Fine Arts Committee for the White House, chaired by famed antiquarian Henry Francis du Pont and, unbeknownst to the American public, French interior designer Stephane Boudin and his firm Jansen, the White House became a model for historic houses all over America. Many of the country's governors' mansions were renovated as state First Ladies strove to emulate the efforts of a sophisticated Jacqueline Kennedy.
Through rich anecdotes and a stunning collection of four-color and black and white photographs, Designing Camelot illustrates the rich interiors of the White House, while at the same time exploring the restoration as an extension of the Kennedy/Camelot legacy. Individual chapters examine the White House room by room inviting a look at not only familiar public places like the Oval Office and West Wing, but the Kennedys' private quarters as well.

ISBN:

0442025327
9780442025328
0471375144
9780471375142

Subject:

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Art patronage.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 Art patronage.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, (1917-1963) Mécénat.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, (1929- ) Mécénat.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929- Art patronage.
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Mansions Conservation and restoration Washington (D.C.)
Hôtels particuliers Conservation et restauration Washington (D.C.)
Art patronage.
Buildings.
Mansions Conservation and restoration.
Restaurierung
Witte Huis (Wash.)
Interieurkunst.
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Washington (D.C.)
Weißes Haus
Washington (D.C.) White House.
Washington (D.C.) Weißes Haus.
Kennedy, John F. Art patronage
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy Art patronage

Added entries:

Rice, Elaine M.
Boscobel Restoration, inc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 179061
Call No.: NA4443.W3 (ID:98-B1537)
Status: Available

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