Antique Garden Ornament
important American gardens. This book will discuss the origins and development of
American taste in terms of the ornament that decorated the grounds of these historic
estates. We will consider not only the styles, techniques, materials, and ornaments
themselves that were transported to America from Europe and elsewhere, but also
domestic products emerging from the growing sophistication, confidence, and
technical abilities of the new nation.
While tastemakers and creators of great estates did turn to Europe for guidance and
example in the period discussed, inevitably, many of the imported styles were
transformed when absorbed into the new and challenging environment of the New
World, with its immense tracts of land, severe climatic conditions, and vast regional
differences. This book will address the history of garden design only as it pertains to
ornament, inasmuch as the appropriateness of garden ornament is intrinsically linked
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