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Eastlake's book led to a demand in Eastlake furniture; however, Eastlake himself denied that there was an Eastlake style. This led to furniture manufacturers—who initially thought that Eastlake's ideas would be more harmful than good—to invent their own Eastlake furniture, with it reaching a point that it was "seen everywhere". [3]
Charles Locke Eastlake (11 March 1836 – 20 November 1906) was a British architect and furniture designer. His uncle, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake PRA (born in 1793), was a Keeper of the National Gallery , from 1843 to 1847, and from 1855 its first director, which results in some confusion between the two men, whose names are distinguished only ...
"At Knightshayes Burges was on top form. But (his) magical interiors remained a half-formed dream." [11] The Victorian commentator Charles Locke Eastlake described the house in his A History of the Gothic Revival: "For this quality of design as well as for a certain vigour of treatment, Knightshayes may be considered a typical example of the ...
Stick−Eastlake architecture (Stick/Eastlake style) — a Victorian architectural style of wooden buildings in the United States. Also known as Eastlake Movement &/or Stick style architecture, a genre of the American Queen Anne style popular in the latter 19th century & early 20th century.
Most of the home's present-day furnishings date from the Hay family's occupancy (1926–1962). A few pieces are from the Johnston family (1860–1896), most notably the Eastlake-style dining room suite. The most notable piece in the collection may be the 1857 marble statue, "Ruth Gleaning", by American expatriate sculptor Randolph Rogers.
Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled in favor of a 69-year-old French woman whose husband obtained a divorce on the grounds that she stopped having sex with him. The European Court of Human ...
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