Antonio Scali, 1931 The cultural and political connections between Italy and the United States during the Gilded Age emerged as a constant theme in the research for my book, Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age. In the 1890s, Larz served as first secretary and later chargé d’affaires of the American Embassy […]
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France | The Gilded Age in America | Page 3
“Cathedral américaine de Paris” (ca. 1900) by Jean Béraud (1849-1935) Larz and Isabel Anderson loved visiting Paris and often spent a few weeks at a time there on their way to and from other destinations. When they were in Paris, they attended services at what is known popularly as the American Cathedral in Paris. The American […]
France | The Gilded Age in America | Page 4
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 […]
Friends & Family | The Gilded Age in America | Page 2
By Skip Moskey The Levi Z. Leiter House, 1500 New Hampshire Avenue at Dupont Circle, Washington, DC., under construction 1891. The house was torn down in 1947. (Architect: Theophilus P. Chandler, Philadelphia.) When I was writing my book about Larz and Isabel Anderson, I got to know many of the great Gilded Age mansions the […]
Punch and Judy in Paris | The Gilded Age in America
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 […]
A Samurai Warrior in Brookline | The Gilded Age in America
Guest Blog From Boyd Lugenbehl in Tokyo: When Skip Moskey wrote to me about the Anderson Gorinto in Brookline (Massachusetts, U.S.A.), I was intrigued and wanted to know more about it. With the able assistance of Japanese friends, I am happy to share further information with readers of Skip’s Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded […]
What did Larz Anderson have in common with Marjorie Merriweather Post? | The Gilded Age in America
Vaulted ceiling in the oval reception room of Palais d’Assche in Brussels. (Photo by Skip Moskey.) When Larz Anderson was appointed American Minister to Belgium in August, 1911, his first thought was: where would he and Isabel live in Brussels? He was a bit of a snob when it came to domestic architecture, and had […]
Travel & Entertainment | The Gilded Age in America | Page 24
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 […]
My Visit with Charles Deering (1852–1927) | The Gilded Age in America
By Skip Moskey John Deering. Portrait by John Singer Sargent. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) In April 2017 I visited the Charles Deering Estate in South Florida for the first time. I had been several times to Vizcaya, the nearby estate of Charles’ half brother James. Even though the Charles Deering Estate makes an […]
Art & Architecture | The Gilded Age in America | Page 3
By Skip Moskey The Albert Clifford Barney House, photograph by Geo. Price, ca. 1891 (Alice Pike Barney Papers, Smithsonian Institution Archives) On Friday afternoon, April 10, 1891, from 4 to 7 o’clock in the afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clifford Barney hosted a tea at their new home at 1626 Rhode Island Avenue, in the […]
skipmoskey | The Gilded Age in America | 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 […]
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by Skip Moskey Pierre Lorillard’s houseboat “Caiman”, pictured here in a watercolor published in 1893 in The Illustrated American. (Source: Google Books.) We often associate yachts and steamships with Gilded Age vacations and recreation, but did you know that houseboats were also once the “in” thing for wealthy boaters like Pierre Lorillard, Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt, […]
Biography | The Gilded Age in America | Page 12
Isabel Weld Perkins and Larz Anderson were married in Boston’s Arlington Street Church (Unitarian) on June 10, 1897. This is the church that Isabel attended as a child growing up in Boston’s Back Back in the late 19th century. More than 330 people were invited to attend the nuptials in one of Boston’s most distinguished and historic […]
Biography | The Gilded Age in America | Page 2
Antonio Scali, 1931 The cultural and political connections between Italy and the United States during the Gilded Age emerged as a constant theme in the research for my book, Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age. In the 1890s, Larz served as first secretary and later chargé d’affaires of the American Embassy […]