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Brilliant, sociable, amusing and utterly original, Clotilde Brewster defied all the odds by becoming an architect. This book examines her life from her early years in Italy, her architectural training and work, including over 80 projects, and the high-society world of her clients. Born in France to an American father and German mother, she was multilingual and cosmopolitan. Clotilde was a New Woman whose life provides an engaging portrait of an artistic Edwardian and expat world and touches on trends from Suffrage and Spiritualism to the architectural trend of a love for historic buildings. Talented and successful, her buildings - urban palaces, castles, houses, fountains, mausoleums and chapels - can be found in England, France, Germany, Italy and Russia.
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Brilliant, sociable, amusing and utterly original, Clotilde Brewster defied all the odds by becoming an architect. This book examines her life from her early years in Italy, her architectural training and work, including over 80 projects, and the high-society world of her clients. Born in France to an American father and German mother, she was multilingual and cosmopolitan. Clotilde was a New Woman whose life provides an engaging portrait of an artistic Edwardian and expat world and touches on trends from Suffrage and Spiritualism to the architectural trend of a love for historic buildings. Talented and successful, her buildings - urban palaces, castles, houses, fountains, mausoleums and chapels - can be found in England, France, Germany, Italy and Russia.
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