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Charleston : Past and Present

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This official illustrated guide looks at Charleston farmhouse in Sussex, the country retreat of the Bloomsbury circle.

It was home to Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant - for over 50 years they covered walls, furniture and ceramics with their own decorations, forming a unique collection.

Frequent visitors to the house include Virginia Woolf and Roger Fry.

Angelica Garnett explains her part in the restoration of the property; Quentin Bell recollects the garden; and Henrietta Garnett's memoir of her grandmother gives an impression of life amony the Bloomsbury Group.

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Hogarth
0701207809 / 9780701207809
Paperback / softback
942.257
22/06/1987
United Kingdom
176 pages
1 x 1 mm, 213 grams
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