Article: The French Country House.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Life in the French Country House.(Review) ...
History Today;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Life in the French Country House Mark Girouard Cassell & Co. 352pp. 25 [pounds sterling ... enjoyed Mark Girouard's best-selling book on Life in an English Country House (1978) will not be disappointed by this cross-Channel version ...

Article: Life in the French Country House
The Virginia Quarterly Review;  July 1, 2001 ;     382 words ... ... he has chronicled in a way that will be familiar to devotees of his earlier works the lives and times of the French country house and those who dwelled within. From their medieval origins through the grandiose chateaux of Francis I, from the ...

Article: French Country.(house plan)(Brief Article)
Builder;  August 15, 2000 ;     545 words ...This French country design, decorated with brick and stone, begins with a cedar-beamed entry. Fireplaces enhance the study and family room, and ...

Article: The French country house.(Review)
The Magazine Antiques;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Crossing the English Channel, Mark Girouard has produced a sequel to his engrossing study of life in the English country house. He limits his subject to chateaux, excluding royal residences, town houses, parks, gardens, and furnishings ...

Article: LIFE IN THE FRENCH COUNTRY HOUSE.(Brief ...
The Architectural Review;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... ch[hat{a}]teaux, he has transposed to France the lines of enquiry pioneered in his acclaimed Life in the English Country House (1978). A preliminary 'run round the French noblesse' explains with admirable clarity how the legal status, privileges ...

Article: Chateau elegance: designer Jean-Louis Deniot gives a neglected ...
House Beautiful;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the biggest clients of the website," says Holloway. Deniot was determined to introduce modern conveniences to the old country house. He provided ultra-contemporary comforts in the kitchen and bathrooms (definitely plural now--nine, counting powder ...

Article: SUMMER AT THE CHATEAU Why rough it in a muddy field when you can ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ...When I first suggested we take our two boys camping in France I recognised the look immediately. That resigned, dear-God-why- couldn't-I-have-had-girls look that's usually reserved for fishing, sailing and days out on freezing, muddy touchlines. To my long-suffering wife, Sara, camping conjured,