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Guercino postcard pack
£3.50 Buy Over 350 years since they were painted, five paintings by renowned Bolognese painter Guercino are on display together for the first time at Waddesdon in a new exhibition. This historic exhibition spotlights one of the great painters of 17th-century Italy, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (1591-1666). Brought together for the first time since leaving the artist’s studio in 1651, are Waddesdon’s King David alongside two associated paintings of sibyls from the National Gallery and another sibyl from the Royal Collection, painted the same year. Also on display and never before seen in public is Guercino’s recently rediscovered depiction of Moses. This is one of the most important additions to Guercino’s body of work and adds to our understanding of his early maturity, a period considered by many to be his greatest for the dynamism, vigour and spontaneity of his painting. -
The Wedding Cake: Joana Vasconcelos
£10.00 Buy Catalogue The Wedding Cake at Waddesdon is a 12-metre-tall ceramic sculptural pavilion in the form of a three-tiered cake, a major Rothschild Foundation commission from celebrated Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. Visitors can step inside this astonishing work of art and enjoy a unique, richly sensory experience. Part sculpture, part architectural garden folly, the extraordinary structure […] -
Eythrope postcard pack
£10.00 Buy Miss Alice de Rothschild , creator of Eythrope, was a passionate and knowledgeable horticulturalist, renowned for her perfectionism and innovation. The walled garden at Eythrope was and is a productive garden, which supplied vegetables, fruit, herbs and cut flowers for her household, friends and family. Today, alongside the family, produce is used in Waddesdon’s restaurants, hotel and food markets. A working garden on this scale is rare in the 21st century and Eythrope is legendary in the garden world for the excellence of gardening and as a haven for traditional techniques that might otherwise be lost. -
King David and the Wise Woman: Guercino at Waddesdon
£15.00 Buy Over 350 years since they were painted, five paintings by renowned Bolognese painter Guercino are on display together for the first time at Waddesdon in a new exhibition. This historic exhibition spotlights one of the great painters of 17th-century Italy, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (1591-1666). Brought together for the first time since leaving the artist’s studio in 1651, are Waddesdon’s King David alongside two associated paintings of sibyls from the National Gallery and another sibyl from the Royal Collection, painted the same year. Also on display and never before seen in public is Guercino’s recently rediscovered depiction of Moses. This is one of the most important additions to Guercino’s body of work and adds to our understanding of his early maturity, a period considered by many to be his greatest for the dynamism, vigour and spontaneity of his painting. -
Do you Remember Me? Catherine Goodman
£15.00 Buy Do you remember me… is a major new exhibition at Waddesdon, showcasing never before seen works by Catherine Goodman. The catalogue illustrates her paintings and drawings which capture the serenity and beauty of a grove of olive trees on the island of Corfu. -
High Time by Hannah Rothschild (Signed Copy)
£16.99 Buy Ayesha Scott has a perfect life. Home is an art-filled Cornish castle with her stratospherically wealthy, titled husband and their beloved daughter. But behind every realised dream lurks an unexploded nightmare and in the course of one day Ayesha discovers that she will be penniless, homeless and powerless unless she can outwit the international mafia, infiltrate the world of high finance and make backstreet deals with the shadiest members of the art world. Hurt and betrayed, she's determined to fight for herself and her daughter – but can she do it without enlisting the help of her beloved, deeply eccentric but estranged family? -
Jean-Henri Riesener: Cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
£50.00 Buy Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) was one of the greatest French cabinetmakers of all time. From humble beginnings as a German immigrant in Paris, he found fame through the delivery of a magnificent roll-top desk to Louis XV in 1769 and went on to become Marie-Antoinette's favourite cabinetmaker, supplying the queen and the court of Louis XVI with sumptuous furniture of superb quality. Renowned for his exquisite marquetry and refined designs, his pieces were ornamented with spectacular gilt-bronze mounts made by some of the greatest metalworkers in Paris. In the nineteenth century, Riesener's name became associated with the very best of Louis XVI-period French furniture; his pieces continue to be highly sought after and are found in major museums worldwide. Edited by Helen Jacobsen with Rufus Bird and Mia Jackson Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd ISBN: 9781781300909 304 Pages Weight: 2.0Kg Dimensions: 280x230mm -
House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild
£16.99 Buy The seat of the Trelawney family for over 800 years, Trelawney Castle was once the jewel of the Cornish coast. Each successive Earl spent with abandon, turning the house and grounds into a sprawling, extravagant palimpsest of wings, turrets and follies. But recent generations have been better at spending than making money. Now living in isolated penury, unable to communicate with each other or the rest of the world, the family are running out of options. Three unexpected events will hasten their demise: the sudden appearance of a new relation, an illegitimate, headstrong, beautiful girl; an unscrupulous American hedge fund manager determined to exact revenge; and the financial crash of 2008. -
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Brought to Life; Eliot Hodgkin Rediscovered, edited by Adrian Eeles
£20.00 – £28.00 Buy Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987) is best known as a painter of still life subjects beautifully executed in tempera. His depictions of everyday objects - such as lemons, radishes, dead leaves and feathers - have always been much prized by collectors. Less well known are his haunting views of bomb sites in London after World War II, with rank weeds and wildflowers pushing up through mounds of rubble. This revealing, fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the first survey exhibition on the artist since 1990. Published by Waddesdon Manor May 2019. Paperback. 158 pages -
Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery
£35.00 Buy The twelve silver-gilt cups known as the Aldobrandini Tazze are magnificent examples of 16th-century European goldsmithing. Featuring figures and scenes from Roman historian Suetonius's classic work The Twelve Caesars, all Tazze are rendered in minute, intricate relief. Dispersed in the 1860s, the tazze were reunited in 2014 for the first time since the 19th century. This book shows each piece newly photographed to highlight the dazzling detail and show the works as they were originally made. The accompanying essays, written by a team of scholars from around the world, explore the persistent questions that swirl around these unique silver dishes, including where, when, and for whom they were originally made, what they were used for, and why the set was separated and scattered. -
Waddesdon: The Biography of a Rothschild House
£35.00 Buy In 1957, James de Rothschild bequeathed Waddesdon Manor to Britain's National Trust. Since that time, the Manor and its spectacular gardens welcome more and more visitors every year. Now, this lavish book allows readers everywhere the opportunity to enjoy this unique celebration of le style Rothschild. -
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Paradise and Plenty
£29.95 Buy Under the leadership of the renowned head gardener, Sue Dickinson, this garden works on a scale that is now unique producing, year-round, all the fruit, flowers and vegetables for a country house where entertaining still happens on a grand scale and where everything is done to the highest standard. Paradise and Plenty will open a window on what has, until now, been kept intensely private, a world beyond most gardeners' dreams. Many of the techniques used at Eythrop are old and tried, but have fallen out of use almost everywhere else. As the author says, 'this book has to be how as well as wow.' -
The Baroness: The search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild
£9.99 Buy A Rothschild by birth and a Baroness by marriage, beautiful, spirited Pannonica - known as Nica - seemed to have it all: children, a handsome husband and a trust fund. But in the early 1950s she heard a piece by the jazz legend Thelonious Monk. The music overtook her like a magic spell, and she abandoned her marriage to go and find him. Arriving in New York, Nica was shunned by society but accepted by the musicians. They gave her friendship: she gave them material and emotional support. Hannah Rothschild’s search to solve the mystery of her rebellious great aunt draws on their long friendship and years of meticulous research and interviews. It is part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story. -
Bakst
£35.00 Buy The choice of subject was left to the artist, who completed the seven panels in 1922, delayed by ill health, other work and the First World War. In 1923 it was decided to hang the panels in the dining room, but it is not known whether they were ever installed. They were finally hung in the dining room of James and Dorothy's next house, at 23 St James' Place. They were installed in the Bakst Room at Waddesdon in 1995. -
The House of Rothschild: The World’s Banker 1849-1999
£14.99 Buy The House of Rothschild chronicles the family's rise and fall, and now its rise again, and describes the reasons for its lasting power. 'Part of the secret of long-run success in banking is, of course, not to go bust; the Rothschilds' relative risk aversion is one reason for their financial longevity', writes author Niall Ferguson. -
Printed Books and Bookbindings I and II
£300.00 Buy The first volume provides introductory surveys on the collecting of ancient régime books and Baron Ferdinand’s interests. The following chapters discuss the late 17th and 18th century Parisian bookbinding trade, with particular studies on the style and production of leading bookbinders, Padeloup, Douceur, the Deromes and others. The provenance index records past owners, with brief biographical notes, and there is a select bibliography. The classified index of over 1000 French bookbinder’s tools, reproduced digitally in actual size, provides an authoritative reference file on the best French bookbinding of the period. This catalogue is handsomely printed and illustrated in colour and black-and-white. No earlier private library catalogue has excelled it in learning and none has come near to equalling it in beauty of presentation. It is likely to be the last, as well as the most distinguished, of its kind. By Giles Barber. -
Illuminated Manuscripts
£150.00 Buy Many are among the best products of the later Middle Ages, from the workshop of Jean Pucelle in Paris of the early 14th century, to that of Jean Bourdichon of Tours or of Simon Bening of Bruges, both of the early 16th century; some are valuable for their texts and others for the richness of their illumination. The catalogue descriptions are organised to emphasize the history of the medieval book. Their components, technical elements, texts, and illustrations, are analysed in the sequence in which they were produced, in order to reconstruct the life of each book and, as far as possible, its history. By L.M.J. Delaissé, James Marrow and John de Wit. -
Glass, Stained Glass and Enamels
£150.00 Buy The origins of all these glasses are studied and analysed in the introduction. The stained glass panels are from England, Switzerland and Germany and range in date from c.1400 to the mid-17th century; all were intended for domestic use. The Limoges enamels & dishes, plaques, and a ewer & cover the second great period of production there and include many of the great names, from the work of the Aeneid Master probably of 1525& 30, to one plaque by Léonard II Limosin of the beginning of the 17th century. A study on each artist's work precedes the catalogue entries on the group by or attributed to him. by R.J. Charleston, Michael Archer and Madeleine Marcheix. -
Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century
£200.00 Buy Most prominent among these objects are the series of gold boxes made by leading Paris goldsmiths of the 1760's & 1780's and mounted with miniatures painted by the Van Blarenberghes. This group is one of the largest painted by this family, besides snuffboxes there are also bonbonnières, patch boxes, needlecases and other containers, in gold, sometimes enamelled, in hardstones, or covered in shagreen, and other precious materials. The creation and composition of the boxes in this exceptionally important collection, as well as the context in which they were used, are studied both in the introduction and in the catalogue entries. Authors: Serge Grandjean, Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti, Charles Truman and Anthony Blun. -
Edmund de Waal Exhibition Catalogue
£25.00 Buy Some of these groups of porcelain vessels relate to spectacular pieces of furniture, or echo the formal groupings of objects in 18th century interiors. Others take on ideas of collecting itself, how things are kept together, lost, stolen or dispersed. Edmund de Waal is one of the world's leading ceramic artists. He has exhibited widely and his work is held in many major museum collections. His book The Hare with Amber Eyes was published in 2010 and has received several awards. He lives with his family in London. -
Catalogue of Drawings for Architecture, Design and Ornament
£250.00 Buy Remarkable for the sheer abundance and quality of works by virtually every French 18th-century ornementiste or architect of note (Oppenord, Meissonier, Delafosse, Pillement, Cauvet, Gillot and Berain to name but a few), the catalogue also includes key contributions from their 17th-century precursors and a significant complement of German as well as Dutch and Italian designs. 2 volumes, 1080 entries, 1100 drawings reproduced in black and white, 96 colour plates. The catalogue has been compiled by leading scholars in the field and as a result is a major contribution to the understanding of an as yet little explored area of art history, collecting and material culture. The majority of the drawings are previously unpublished, so the collection is not as well-known as it deserves to be, although a small selection are displayed in changing exhibitions annually at the Manor. -
Windmill Hill Waddesdon: Architecture, Archives and Art
£20.00 Buy A catalogue written by Colin Amery with Pippa Shirley and Stephen Marshall to mark the opening of a new building on Windmill Hill, at the heart of the Waddesdon Estate, home for the archives of the Manor, the estate and the family papers of the Rothschilds who have, for four generations, been responsible for Waddesdon. -
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
£8.99 Buy Annie McDee, alone after the disintegration of her long-term relationship and trapped in a dead-end job, is searching for a present for her unsuitable lover in a neglected second-hand shop. Within the jumble of junk and tack, a grimy painting catches her eye. Leaving the store with the picture after spending her meagre savings, she prepares an elaborate dinner for two, only to be stood up, the gift gathering dust on her mantelpiece. But every painting has a story - and if it could speak, what would it tell us? For Annie has stumbled across 'The Improbability of Love', a lost masterpiece by Antoine Watteau, one of the most influential French painters of the eighteenth century. Soon Annie is drawn unwillingly into the art world, and finds herself pursued by a host of interested parties that would do anything to possess her picture. For an exiled Russian oligarch, an avaricious Sheika, a desperate auctioneer, an unscrupulous dealer and several others, the painting symbolises their greatest hopes and fears. In her search for the painting's true identity, Annie will uncover the darkest secrets of European history - and in doing so, she will learn more about herself, opening up to the possibility of falling in love again.
