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By (author) Jones, Andrew; Photographs by Hodgson Laura
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A stunning exploration of London’s most beautiful, interesting and unusual members’ club architecture and interiors. Newly commissioned photography, text by Andrew Jones, travel writer for the Financial Times and author of The Buildings of Green Park. Foreword by interior designer Nina Campbell OBE.
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“…a delectable tour of 46 clubs that span 300 years of architecture and design.” — Airmail
“… a lavishly illustrated and wittily written study of one of the capital’s most distinctive – and most secretive – institutions.” — House & Garden UK
“Jones treats them not really as clubs, but as examples of interior decoration, which he writes about interestingly and with an observant eye.” — Charles Saumarez Smith
“From the concealed bookcase door in the library of The Travellers Club in St James’s to the taxidermy fish and walls lined with rods in Mayfair’s Flyfishers’ Club, it serves as an unofficial guide to the city’s strangest and most elegant private dining and drinking venues.”— FT
“…wonderful book on the architecture and interiors of London’s private members’ spaces.”— The Rake
London has more members’ clubs than any other city. There are clubs for everyone: from actors, plutocrats, aristocrats and bishops to sailors, soldiers, fishermen and spies, as well as journalists, jockeys, architects and æsthetes.
Andrew Jones opens the door to 46 of the most beautiful, interesting and unusual of these clubs, presenting 300 years of architecture and design. The London Club features the oldest clubs in London as well as the most recent, with perfectly preserved interiors, original furniture and extraordinary
collections. From bohemian to bling, shabby to chic, classical and brutal, this is a celebration of variety and beauty, with newly commissioned photographs by Laura Hodgson.
“From the grandest to the simplest taking in the quirkiest en route, this book is an irresistible journey through London’s clubland.” – From the Foreword by Nina Campbell OBE
Table of contents:
7 : Foreword9 : Introduction11 : London club buildings:a brief overview17 : London club interiors today94 : Club loos146 : Club silver andother metalware192 : Club furniturethe clubs24 : The Academy30 : The Arts Club36 : The Athenæum44 : Beefsteak Club50 : Blacks54 : Boodle’s60 : Brooks’s66 : Brydges Place70 : Buck’s Club76 : The Cavalry and Guards Club82 : Chelsea Arts Club88 : City of London Club96 : The Conduit100 : The Dally104 : The East India Club108 : The Flyfishers’ Club112 : The Garrick Club120 : The Groucho Club124 : Home House132 : The House136 : The House of KOKO142 : The Lansdowne Club148 : The London Sketch Club154 : The Mildmay Club160 : National Liberal Club166 : Naval and Military Club170 : Ned’s Club176 : Oriental Club182 : Oswald’s186 : Pratt’s196 : The Reform Club202 : Royal Air Force Club206 : The Royal Automobile Club212 : Royal Over-Seas League216 : Royal Thames Yacht Club220 : Savile Club226 : Shoreditch Arts Club230 : 67 Pall Mall234 : Soho House242 : The Travellers Club248 : Turf Club254 : UnHerd Club258 : The Union Club262 : University Women’s Club266 : Upstairs atThe Department Store272 : The Walbrook Club279 : Acknowledgements280 : Bibliography283 : Image Credits284 : Index
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Seth Thévoz’s Clubland Substack interviewed Andrew Jones about The London Club (ISBN: 9781788843294) for his podcast. – Clubland Substack
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“…a delectable tour of 46 clubs that span 300 years of architecture and design.” – Airmail
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“Grand tour: inside London’s most
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