CSPAN3 The Breakers The Gilded Age February 11, 2018
50 feet wide, 50 feet high. It is highly ornamented with lots of carvings. The acorn and the oakley. Acorn and thethe oakley all throughout the house. Oakleaf all throughout the house. The theme of the family. And there were all sorts and kinds of marble, a lot of ornamentation. This house is supposed to look like an italian palace. They wanted to make a statement that, indeed, they had succeeded, that they had met the pinnacle and that they were able to do what they could with their resources and they wanted to create fine homes that were in the style of european mansions. It was built by Ric...