{"product_id":"cecil-beaton-at-home-an-interior-life","title":"Cecil Beaton at Home: An Interior Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Andrew Ginger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA private view of the genius of Cecil Beaton, reflected through the lens of his town and country idylls, and his passion for interior design, gardening, and entertaining a circle of Bright Young Things. Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) was one of twentieth-century Britain’s Renaissance men: photographer, costume designer, set designer, playwright, creator of fashion fabrics, and writer on raffiné interiors and the personalities who inhabited them. He also happened to be a fine interior decorator.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCecil Beaton at Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003efocuses on two homes dear to Beaton’s heart—Ashcombe House, near the Wiltshire village of Tollard Royal, and Reddish House, located in Broad Chalke, another village in the same county—as well as London's Pelham Place and Beaton’s New York hotel suites. Simultaneously a retreat, an inspiration, a photographer’s studio, and a stage for impressive entertaining, Beaton’s country homes also fueled his passion for art, gardening, and delight in village life. Against his often-extravagant interiors, Beaton’s private life unfolds—his unique talent for self-promotion, desire for theatricality, and uncertain pursuit of love. This lavishly illustrated visual biography brings together original photographs, artworks, and possessions from his interiors to present an intimate picture of Beaton’s extraordinary life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e10.25\" x 12.5\" x 1.5\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e368 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52293911085352,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2004\/6295\/files\/IMG_6988.jpg?v=1792026690","url":"https:\/\/largercross.com\/products\/cecil-beaton-at-home-an-interior-life","provider":"Larger Cross","version":"1.0","type":"link"}