The Century Association Archives Foundation in New York, NY houses the Charles A. Platt book collection, consisting of over 400 volumes dating from 1715 to the 1930s. This collection serves as a valuable resource documenting historic styles in European gardens, ornament, interiors, and architecture, with a focus on Renaissance, Classical, Gothic, and Baroque Rococo designs.
With materials in English, French, and Italian, the collection includes illustrated sets on architectural details, wrought iron, furniture, urban history, and antiquities, as well as surveys and histories of gardens in France and Italy. Researchers can explore the works of American architects such as John Russell Pope, Cram Ferguson, Bertram Goodhue, and McKim, Mead White within this extensive and meticulously curated collection.
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