The Henry Clay Frick houses: Architecture, interiors, landscapes in the golden era

New edition

This book highlights the four principal homes of art collector and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), whose furnishings, interiors and gardens were designed by the most prestigious architects of the day: Pittsburgh's Clayton House, dating from the late Victorian era and home to the Frick Pittsburgh; the neoclassical Eagle Rock house in Massachusetts, the Fricks' summer residence; One East Seventieth Street in New York, home to the famous Frick Collection; and the Clayton Estate in Roslyn, New York, a neo-Georgian masterpiece.

The most comprehensive presentation of the Frick houses, the book includes period photographs, documents, letters, original drawings, artists‘ sketches and designers’ notes. It also offers a unique insight into the American Gilded Age through history, architecture, design and art.