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Welcome
to the page dedicated to the Filoli mansion and estate. Find out some
interesting historical data about one of the most beautiful houses and
one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. Enjoy the beauties of
the place chosen to be the location for shooting the Seat of the
Carrington Family.
Filoli
Center
The
producers of Dynasty snubbed Denver by declaring they could not find
a suitable posh mansion in the Rocky Mountain city to show us the
house of the wealthy Carringtons. Instead, they chose a California
landmark, the Filoli Mansion in Woodside, which is operated as a
museum by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The
show filmed inside and outside the mansion, as well as in the formal
gardens. And four rooms of the house, the front hall, library,
living room, and reception room, were later re-created on the show's
Hollywood set.
Some
information about the glorious Carrington's mansion and the
estate...
Filoli
is a famous mansion and 654 acre estate located about 25 miles (40
km) south of San Francisco on the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz
Mountains in Woodside, California.
A grand Georgian mansion sits amongst these gardens where hundreds
of rare flowers, plants and trees flourish. The mansion was built in
1916 for William Bower Bourn, Jr, owner of the Empire Mine, a gold
mine in Grass Valley.
The
name of the estate is an acronym formed by combining the first two
letters from the key words of William Bourn's credo: "Fight
for a just cause; Love your fellow man; Live a good
life."
The
house contains 36,000 square feet of interior floor space on two
floors and a mezzanine. The spacious major rooms have ceiling
heights of seventeen feet, while the ballroom ceiling is
twenty-two-and-a-half feet high. There are forty-three rooms and
seventeen fireplaces.
The
extensive sixteen-acre formal garden was planned and planted as
construction of the house neared completion. The lawns and shrubs
around the house were planted by the fall of 1917. The woodlands and
the undeveloped Crystal Springs Watershed lands surrounding the
estate provide a magnificent backdrop for the formal garden. The
garden survives today as one of America's finest historic gardens.
Today,
Filoli is open for public tours. Attractions include self-guided
tours, guided tours, and nature hikes.
Historical
Marker for Filoli
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This
country estate was begun in 1915 for Mr. and Mrs. William B.
Bourn, II. Architect Willils J. Polk designed a modified
Georgian style country house, subsequently the carriagehouse
and garden pavillion were executed by Arthur Brown.
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Filoli
Key Details
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Size:
The house is 36,000 square feet containing 43 rooms, 17
bathrooms, 17 fireplaces, and 17ft. high ceilings.
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Ballroom:
The wintergreen and gold ballroom is 72 ft. long, 30 _ ft.
wide, with 22 _ ft. high ceilings containing massive murals by
Ernest Peixotto, French chandeliers, and silver-trimmed
drapes.
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Dining
Room: The baronial, oak-paneled dining room includes a French
Escalette marble fireplace, original draperies, and a precious
oil painting by Jan Weenix entitled, "Still Life with
Dead Game."
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Drawing
Room: This feminine room contains a white Carrara marble
fireplace, Louis XIVcrystal chandeliers, and padded linen
walls. A piano and harpsichord dating from 1749 and a card
table dating from 1740 are among the antique pieces of
furniture displayed in this space.
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Reception
Room: Directly adjacent to the foyer, the reception room
served as the main meeting area to welcome guests to the
estate. Among the furnishings of the room is a white Carrara
marble fireplace inlaid with red Verona marble in a Greek key
motif, a Chinese, palace-sized, Coromandel screen, and an
antique Persian carpet with Arabic lettering.
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Library:
Stately in nature, this room contains 19th century Italian
Renaissance-styled bronze chandeliers and sconces, a
Tavernelle marble fireplace, furniture from the 17th and 18th
century, and a sizable Agra carpet which was originally at
Queen Victoria Osborne’s House.
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Additional
rooms included the Butler’s Room, the Kitchen, the Study,
and the Trophy Room as well as the owner’s upstairs bedrooms
and bathrooms, and downstairs servants quarters.
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Staircase:
The black marble staircase with intricate wrought iron
balustrade curves up through a forty-foot high stairwell to
the second floor.
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Furniture:
The 17th and 18th century antiques throughout the house are
primarily English and Irish in origin.
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Bourn
and Roth Portraits, Paintings, and Tapestries: The house
contains a collection of English and European paintings and
tapestries from the 17th and 18th century, as well as detailed
oil paintings charcoal representations and black and white
photographic collections of both the Bourn and Roth family.
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Maritime
Collection: Enclosed in display cases in what was once the
butler’s room, is a diverse collection of antique model
ships, scrimshaw objects, and nautical instruments reflecting
the Roth ownership of Matson Navigation Company.
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Filoli
Maps
Take
a look at the maps of the Filoli mansion and
estate.
Filoli
Photo Gallery
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Take
a look at the Photo Gallery the Filoli mansion
and
estate, including numerous pictures of the interior of this
magnificent building, mansion
surroundings
and of the beautiful gardens. |
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