William Kent

Labassa Love Seat – Courting, Space Saver or Chaperone Seat
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Labassa Love Seat – Courting, Space Saver or Chaperone Seat

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Labassa, a National Trust of Australia (Victoria) property has had its love seat, reflecting an obsession for luxurious style restored to deeply buttoned glory

Rousham Kentian Garden
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William Kent and the English idyll – The Quest for Nature

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William Kent English architect, interior designer, painter & landscape architect ‘leaped the fence’ & saw all nature was a garden’ & designed the perfect house

Villa Capra, 'La Rotunda' by Venetian Architect Andrea Palladio in the Veneto, Italy
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What Is: Palladian Style, More than a Villa in the Veneto?

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16th century architect Andrea Palladio contributed to the classical language of architecture providing an emotional experience with his villas in the Veneto