Thomas Hope : Regency designer / David Watkin and Philip Hewat-Jaboor, editors ; [contributors], Daniella Ben-Arie ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Elizabeth Angelicoussis ... [et al.]

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2008. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxiv, 526 pp., illustrations (some col.), plans, 32 cm. Notes; Published in conjunction with the exhibition at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture from July 17, 2008, through November 16, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 506-519) and index. Contents; Foreword / Susan Weber Soros -- Introduction / David Watkin -- Hope Family Tree and Chronology / Daniella Ben-Arie -- Ch. 1. European Wealth and Ottoman Travel / Philip Mansel -- Ch. 2. Reform of Taste in London: Hope's House in Duchess Street / David Watkin -- Ch. 3. Critic and Historian: Hope's Writings on Architecture, Furniture, and Interior Decoration / David Watkin -- Ch. 4. Thomas Hope's Furniture: ""A Delightful and Varied Significance of Shape and Embellishment"" / Frances Collard -- Ch. 5. Fashion a l'Antique: Thomas Hope and Regency Dress / Aileen Ribeiro -- Ch. 6. Thomas Hope's Metalwork for Duchess Street: ""Character, Pleasing Outline, and Appropriate Meaning"" / Martin Chapman -- Ch. 7. Past as a Foreign Country: Thomas Hope's Collection of Antiquities / Ian Jenkins -- Ch. 8. Thomas Hope's Modern Sculptures: ""a zealous and liberal patronage of its contemporaty professors"" / David Bindman -- Ch. 9. Thomas Hope's Contemporary Picture Collection / Jeannie Chapel -- Ch. 10. Old Master Collection of John, Thomas, and Henry Philip Hope / Jeannie Chapel -- Ch. 11. Hope Family in London: Collecting and Patronage / Daniella Ben-Arie -- Ch. 12. Reform of Taste in the Country: The Deepdene / Davice Watkin -- Ch. 13. Tragic Mask of Anastasius/Selim: A New Introduction to Hope's Novel / Jerry Nolan -- Ch. 14. Hope's Philosophical Excursus / Roger Scruton -- Ch. 15. Afterlife of Hope: Designers, Collectors, Historians / Frances Collard and David Watkin -- Catalogue of the Exhibition -- Theme 1. Family and Grand Tour -- Theme 2. Greek and Roman Antiquities -- Theme 3. Egyptian and Egyptianzing Sculpture -- Theme 4. Classical Vases -- Theme 5. Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture -- Theme 6. Furniture and Metalwork -- Theme 7. Deepdene -- Theme 8. Books, Drawings, and Watercolors -- Appendix. Pictures Inherited by Thomas Hope and Henry Thomas Hope / Jeannie Chapel / Edited by Daniella Ben-Arie. Subjects; Hope, Thomas 1769-1831. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture (New York, N.Y.) ; Exhibitions. Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England). Art patronage and collectors. Decoration and ornament.