The London Club (architecture, Interiors, Art)

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 : Foreword 9 : Introduction 11 : London club buildings: a brief overview 17 : London club interiors today 94 : Club loos 146 : Club silver and other metalware 192 : Club furniture the clubs 24 : The Academy 30 : The Arts Club 36 : The Athenæum 44 : Beefsteak Club 50 : Blacks 54 : Boodle’s 60 : Brooks’s 66 : Brydges Place 70 : Buck’s Club 76 : The Cavalry and Guards Club 82 : Chelsea Arts Club 88 : City of London Club 96 : The Conduit 100 : The Dally 104 : The East India Club 108 : The Flyfishers’ Club 112 : The Garrick Club 120 : The Groucho Club 124 : Home House 132 : The House 136 : The House of KOKO 142 : The Lansdowne Club 148 : The London Sketch Club 154 : The Mildmay Club 160 : National Liberal Club 166 : Naval and Military Club 170 : Ned’s Club 176 : Oriental Club 182 : Oswald’s 186 : Pratt’s 196 : The Reform Club 202 : Royal Air Force Club 206 : The Royal Automobile Club 212 : Royal Over-Seas League 216 : Royal Thames Yacht Club 220 : Savile Club 226 : Shoreditch Arts Club 230 : 67 Pall Mall 234 : Soho House 242 : The Travellers Club 248 : Turf Club 254 : UnHerd Club 258 : The Union Club 262 : University Women’s Club 266 : Upstairs at The Department Store 272 : The Walbrook Club 279 : Acknowledgements 280 : Bibliography 283 : Image Credits 284 : 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