Longue Vue House - Nola

From the Longue Vue's website (www.longuevue.com) comes the following description of the house and its gardens. ... more

by Kathleen K Parker

Title

Longue Vue House - Nola

Artist

Kathleen K Parker

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

From the Longue Vue's website (www.longuevue.com) comes the following description of the house and its gardens.
The home and gardens were born of the dreams of Edgar and Edith Stern, pillars of the New Orleans community. It was the combination of the Sterns working with landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman (1866-1950) and architects William (1897-1984) and Geoffrey (1909-1985) Platt that resulted this wonderful oasis of beauty and elegance set in charming New Orleans. The Longue Vue House is one of the last great houses to be custom-built in America during the Country Place Era, taking the Platt brothers three years (1939-1942) to build. Shipman designed gardens for the estate beginning in 1935 until her death.
This Classical Revival style house consists of three stories and a basement, an unusual feature of New Orleans where most of the city is below sea level. Visitors tour the main living spaces of the house, numbering 20 rooms. The house contains its original furnishings of English and American antiques; European and Eastern European carpets; Modern and Contemporary art; collections of needlework, chintz, haute couture and ethnic costumes; Chinese and European export porcelain; Staffordshire transferware; and creamware and pearlware from Wedgwood, Leeds and other British and continental potteries."

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August 6th, 2014