Larz Anderson was a collector of many things, including several dozen fine old motor cars – from an 1899 Winton Phaeton that he named ‘Pioneer’ (motto: It Will Go!) to a 1926 Lincoln Seven Limousine, ‘The Emancipator’ (motto: Son Courage Fait sa Force/His Courage is his Might). Larz was, however, as avid a collector of horse-drawn carriages as he […]
History
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By Skip Moskey Ambassador and Mrs. Larz Anderson, 1924, by Philip de László. The Andersons were among Washington’s most glamorous couples. Everything about them was glamorous: their homes, their clothing, their art, and their style. (Photo by Skip Moskey.) In Part 1 of this two-part series, I reviewed the relationship between the architectural form and […]
“The House is Queer” | The Gilded Age in America
Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931) was a wealthy Washington socialite who was not just a patron of the arts, but also an accomplished artist herself. She did not fit, nor did she want to fit, any stereotype. She once described life in Washington as “small talk and lots to eat, an infinite series of teas and dinner.” When she […]
France | The Gilded Age in America | Page 5
In 1877, when Larz Anderson was 11 years old, his parents moved the family from Cincinnati to Paris, where they lived in an apartment at No. 5 rue d’Antin, a block from the Seine river. The beautiful limestone town house (hôtel particulier in French) is still standing, though the address is now No. 5 avenue […]
Biography | The Gilded Age in America | Page 3
My copy of Presidents and Pies, by Isabel Anderson (1920) While I was writing my biography of Larz and Isabel Anderson, I discovered hundreds of “rabbit holes” that, had I decided to go down into, could have added years to the time it took to write it. (Rabbit holes have been described by one New Yorker writer as something […]
Friends & Family | The Gilded Age in America | Page 9
One of the Gilded Age’s most celebrated personalities was Isabella Stewart Gardner, known affectionately during her lifetime by friends and strangers alike as “Mrs. Jack.” Isabella and her husband John L. “Jack” Gardner make several appearances in the new biography, Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age. The connections between the Gardner and […]
Fortune et célébrité dans l’Âge d’or américain | The Gilded Age in America
Cliquer ici s.v.p. pour l’en commander sur Amazon.FR (site français, en anglais) Et ici pour l’en commander sur Amazon.com (site USA) en anglais Larz Kilgour Anderson (1866-1937) et Isabel Weld Perkins Anderson (1876-1948) étaient un couple américain de la haute société. Ils avaient un niveau de vie élevé et vécurent des vies remarquablement intéressantes qui couvrirent […]
Larz’s Night at the Opéra | The Gilded Age in America
The former residence of U.S. minister to France, Whitelaw Reid (35, avenue Hoche, Paris; photo 2013) In the fall of 1891, during the first months of his first diplomatic assignment as second secretary of the American legation in London, Larz Anderson took a short vacation in Paris. His boss, the U.S. minister to the Court of […]
The Genealogy of a House | The Gilded Age in America
Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC., 1905, designed by the Boston architectural firm of Arthur Little & Herbert Brown. (Photo by Skip Moskey.) Did you know that, like people, buildings have their own “genealogy”? I’m not talking about the style of a house (such as Gothic Revival, Art Deco, or International), nor am […]
England | The Gilded Age in America | Page 2
By Skip Moskey The Dining Hall at Biltmore. Why did George Washington Vanderbilt want his dining hall to look like this? What influenced his vision? (Photo, Library of Congress) One of the many things that interests me most about the Gilded Age is understanding what factors influenced the location and design of mansions that helped […]
The Gilded Age in America | A compendium of short, illustrated essays about the people, buildings, gardens, art, books and more that define the long 19th-century in the U.S. | Page 2
Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC., 1905, designed by the Boston architectural firm of Arthur Little & Herbert Brown. (Photo by Skip Moskey.) Did you know that, like people, buildings have their own “genealogy”? I’m not talking about the style of a house (such as Gothic Revival, Art Deco, or International), nor am […]
Publication Updates | The Gilded Age in America | Page 3
Cliquer ici s.v.p. pour l’en commander sur Amazon.FR (site français, en anglais) Et ici pour l’en commander sur Amazon.com (site USA) en anglais Larz Kilgour Anderson (1866-1937) et Isabel Weld Perkins Anderson (1876-1948) étaient un couple américain de la haute société. Ils avaient un niveau de vie élevé et vécurent des vies remarquablement intéressantes qui couvrirent […]
Publication Updates | The Gilded Age in America | Page 2
Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age by Stephen T. (Skip) Moskey has been in development since January 2010. Now, after almost six years of research, writing, and editing, the book is with its publisher, iUniverse LLC of Bloomington, Indiana. You can view a short book trailer by Clicking Here. One of the key […]
Karaoke with Larz and Isabel | The Gilded Age in America
“Open the Door of Your Heart” from Isabel Anderson’s operetta Marina (1932) Words and music by Grace Warner Gulesian Performed by Antoine Palloc (Paris, France) [Sheet music for “Open the Door of Your Heart” is linked below.] Open the door of your heart dear, For love stands waiting outside. Pray leave the portals ajar dear, […]