A treasure trove of style at Chatsworth – House Style: Five Centuries of Style, review

V isitors to Chatsworth “see the formal peak of the iceberg… they totter out into the fresh air weary after three furlongs of crimson carpet, a one hundred one stairs up and sixty two down.” So noted the late Deborah “Debo” Cavendish, aka the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, about her majestic family seat in Derbyshire, home to the Cavendish family since the 16th century. Read more