Yale University Press

History of the English country house from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Revealing glimpse of the English upper classes--their public and personal lives, their servants, and their homes.

Tables and looking glasses in the Garvan and related collections; contains detailed entries on 140 tables, 22 related objects, and 47 looking glasses ranging in date from the 1670s to 1990.

Introduces nonspecialists to the physical examination of easel paintings and to the historical and critical implications of such study.