Jewish Country Houses
Through a series of striking case studies, this book explores the pan-European world of the Jewish country house, its architecture, its relationships and its things.
I was asked to create a design that would highlight Helene Binet's stunning photographs while also accommodating the critical text and historical images.
An utterly absorbing book taking in architecture, art creation, patronage and collecting. it is a triumph of sensitive editing and an expression of compelling intellectual collaboration. – Country Life
‘This is a magnificent work of scholarship – it illuminates complex and ambiguous stories of assimilation and identity with verve and insight’ – Edmund de Waal
‘I learned something new on every beautifully illustrated page. It sets the familiar country house story in a new, Europe-wide landscape, and tells a tale of often tragic splendour. The authors show that these are more than just houses – they are monuments to the long nineteenth-century battle between prejudice and assimilation, played out in magnificent buildings and princely collections.’ – Neil MacGregor
Credits
Design by Eleanor Ridsdale Colussi
Edited by Juliet Carey and Abigail Green
Photography by Helene Binet
Published by Profile Editions and The National Trust
