Bridge For Design October 15
Inside the October issue we have the latest from the world of interior design. We look around actor, Malcom McDowell’s American barn, located outside Los Angeles. We explore the princely kingdom that is Badminton house. Marie-Veronique Swannell’s exquisite handles are this month’s design trend. In addition, ‘The Gardens of Arne Maynard’ by Arne Maynard, and ‘A Home in Paris’ by Guillaume de Laubier, are our top books for October.
Inside the October issue we have the latest from the world of interior design. We look around actor, Malcom McDowell’s American barn, located outside Los Angeles. We explore the princely kingdom that is Badminton house. Marie-Veronique Swannell’s exquisite handles are this month’s design trend. In addition, ‘The Gardens of Arne Maynard’ by Arne Maynard, and ‘A Home in Paris’ by Guillaume de Laubier, are our top books for October.
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TOP: Superb carving by Grinling Gibbons hangs over the mantlepice in the Great Dining<br />
Room, flanked by portraits of the fourth Duke and Duchess of Beaufort<br />
LEFT: One of two conservatories added to the east front by the third Duke of Beaufort<br />
Outside, the gardens and park have undergone similar reincarnations<br />
over the centuries. The present duke employed Francois Goffinet to<br />
design a formal, compartmented garden in 1990, incorporating a shell<br />
garden created by his Duchess.<br />
Today, Badminton is probably best known for the annual Horse<br />
trials, which take place in early May. Started in 1949 by the tenth<br />
Duke of Beaufort, they are the equestrian equivalent of Wimbledon<br />
or Henley Royal Regatta. The tenth duke was universally known as<br />
‘Master’, having been given a pack of harriers for his eleventh birthday.<br />
He was probably the most renowned Master of Foxhounds of his day<br />
and continued a long tradition of hunting dukes; hounds have been<br />
kennelled at Badminton since 1640.<br />
The current Duke of Beaufort is chairman of Marlborough Fine Art<br />
(London) Ltd., one of the world’s leading contemporary art dealerships.<br />
Thanks to his assured eye and natural style, Badminton has been<br />
lovingly restored and is to many people the epitome of the English<br />
country house.<br />
Badminton House Estate<br />
www.badmintonestate.co.uk<br />
90 <strong>Bridge</strong> for <strong>Design</strong> <strong>October</strong> 20<strong>15</strong>
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