Books

Up and Down Stairs: a history of the country house servant

By Jeremy Musson

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Published 2009  by John Murray

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The Country Houses of Sir John Vanbrugh: From the Archives of Country Life

By Jeremy Musson

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Published 2008 by Aurum Press

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How to Read A Country House

By Jeremy Musson

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A guide to looking at the form, details, symbols, contents and gardens of country houses.

Published 2005 by Ebury Press

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Plasterwork: 100 Period Details

by Jeremy Musson

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Published 2000 by Aurum Press

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The English Manor House: From the Archives of Country Life

by Jeremy Musson

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Explores the fashion for restoring old manor houses in the 1890s to 1930s.

Published 1999 by Aurum Press

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Contributions to other books…

The English Country House

by Mary Miers

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Published 2008 by Rizzoli

Includes an essay of mine on country house collections

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John Everett Millais: Beyond the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Edited by Debra Mancroff

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Published 2001 by Yale University Press

Includes a chapter of mine on the studio-house built by Millais for himself

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Encyclopedia of Interior Design

Edited by Joanna Banham

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Published 1997 by Routledge

I contributed entries on grottoes and artists’ houses

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