Has it really been that long? 1981 was the year of the sumptuous production, "Brideshead Revisited". Evelyn Waugh's bittersweet tale of the lush, decadent lives of Pre World War I, told around the setting of Castle Howard.
This Granada Television production was really responsible for a revival of interest in English "Country House" taste. Subsequent Museum "English Country House" exhibits fed a population eager for the trappings of "Stately Homes".
The "Castle Howard" sale, dubbed "Alloysius" after a famous teddy bear, of October 1991 provided a rarefied look into the back rooms, complete with frayed silk tiebacks, and the other accumulations of a house well kept.
The cataloge now a collector's item, still provides inspiration in it's details.
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