This volume showcases the legendary Italian villa that William Waldorf Astor exquisitely curated as a masterpiece of art, architecture, and design.
The Right Honorable the Lord Astor of Hever is the great-grandson of William Waldorf Astor and a member of the House of Lords. Curt DiCamillo is a Boston-based architectural historian and an authority on the British country house. Eric Sander’s photographs have appeared in Smithsonian, Life, Time, Newsweek, Le Figaro Magazine, and numerous books, including A Day at Château de Fontainebleau (Flammarion, 2015).
"Highlighting the historic Italian villa that William Waldorf Astor
spent a decade restoring and filling with his impressive collection
of art and artifacts Villa Astor: Paradise Restored on the Amalfi
Coast ($65, Rizzoli) celebrates the masterpieces of art,
architecture and astounding gardens."
—Modern Luxury Interiors, Atlanta
"Villa Astor is not simply a book about Astor’s Italian villa, it
is much more, as it charts his other acquisitions of Hever and
Cliveden also, giving the reader a flavour of Astor's life and his
passion for art and history in all his houses. Recently, the
talented French decorator Jacques Garcia was commissioned to
restore Villa Astor to its original splendour. He has produced a
timelessly beautiful, yet eminently livable setting for the
magnificent collection of antiquities the villa still houses. . . .
. With superb photography by Eric Sander, Villa Astor is a colossal
book, but anything less would not do justice to the photography or
the subject. It is a joy of architecture, garden art and
antiquity."
—The Reckless Gardener
"Who wouldn't want to take a trip to the Amalfi Coast to see Villa
Astor? Well if your schedule and budget doesn't quite allow, this
fantastic new book will transport you in an instant.
Villa Astor: Paradise Restored on the Amalfi Coast showcases the
legendary Italian villa that William Waldorf Astor exquisitely
curated as a masterpiece of art, architecture, and design."
—Political Style
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