A 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\u20131980) was one of twentieth-century Britain\u2019s Renaissance men: photographer, costume designer, set designer, playwright, creator of fashion fabrics, and writer on raffin\u00e9 interiors and the personalities who inhabited them. He also happened to be a fine interior decorator. Cecil Beaton at Home<\/i> focuses on two homes dear to Beaton\u2019s heart\u2014Ashcombe House, near the Wiltshire village of Tollard Royal, and Reddish House, located in Broad Chalke, another village in the same county\u2014as well as London’s Pelham Place and Beaton\u2019s New York hotel suites. Simultaneously a retreat, an inspiration, a photographer\u2019s studio, and a stage for impressive entertaining, Beaton\u2019s country homes also fueled his passion for art, gardening, and delight in village life. Against his often-extravagant interiors, Beaton\u2019s private life unfolds\u2014his 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\u2019s extraordinary life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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