Book Details
Hardcover- Price: $39.95
- Pages: 119
- Published: 1995
- ISBN-13: 978-0933101166
The Charleston Interior
by J. Thomas Savage
Photograhy by N. Jane Iseley
Book Summary
Uncover the hidden designs and dressings of one of the oldest and most charming U.S. cities. Among the splendid home interiors here are dark mahogany halls; a winding, ornate Neoclassical staircase; a vast drawing room in one of Charleston's greatest Greek Revival mansions; and manicured gardens.
About the Author
J. Thomas Savage is Director of Museum Affairs for Winterthur Museum and Country Estates, the former Delaware home of Henry Francis du Pont. He holds a B.A. in Art History from The College of William and Mary and an M.A. in History Museum Studies from the State University of New York. In addition to American internships, Mr. Savage has studied in England at the Attingham Summer School on the British Country House, The Victorian Society Summer School and the Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar. He was formerly Senior Vice President and Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art for North and South America. From 1981 to 1995, Mr. Savage served as Curator and Director of Historic Charleston Foundation.
About the Photographer
N. Jane Iseley is a graduate of Radford College and the New York Institute of Photography. As a staff photographer for Colonial Williamsburg for nine years, she was the photographic author of six books. As a freelance photographer she has 23 more books to her credit, including Charleston, Charleston Entertains, Plantations of the Low Country: South Carolina 1697–1865, and The Charleston Interior. She is the president of Legacy Publications. Her home is on a family farm in Burlington, North Carolina.
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