TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jayne,Thomas
AU  - Walker,Anne
TI  - The finest rooms in America: fifty influential interiors from the eighteenth century to the present 
SN  - 9781580932424 (hbk.) :
AV  - NK2002 .J39 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York, Enfield
PB  - Monacelli, Publishers Group UK [distributor]
KW  - Interior decoration
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
N2  - "The book brings together a cross section of houses and apartments representing a diverse range of American periods and styles. Starting with Mount Vernon and Monticello, the presentation continues with important extant rooms from the eithteenth and nineteenth centuries and then surveys an eclectic mix of both public and private rooms from twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Among the rooms featured are the dining room at Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the dressing room at Vizcaya in Miami, the living room at Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, the dining room at the Saarinen House at Cranbrook in Michigan, and the living room by David Adler and Frances Elkins at Casa Amesti in Monterey, California. Prominent contemporary designers include: Henri Samuel, Mark Hampton, John Saladino, Bunny Williams, Kitty Hawks, Thad Hayes and David Kleinberg" -- Dust jacket
ER  -