Cornforth, John
CORNFORTH, John
CORNFORTH, John. British, b. 1937. Genres: Homes/Gardens, Architecture. Career: Architectural historian and editor of Country Life. Publications: (with C. Hussey) English Country Houses Open to the Public, 1964; (with J. Fowler) English Decoration in the Eighteenth Century, 1974; Country Houses in Britain, Can They Survive?, 1974; Pyne's Royal Residences, 1976; English Interiors, 1790-1848: The Quest for Comfort, 1978; The Inspiration of the Past: Country House Taste in the Twentieth Century, 1985; (with O. Hill) English Country Houses: Caroline, 1625-1685, 1985; (Author of foreword) R. Bowden-Smith, The Chinese Pavilion: Bough- ton House, 1988; The Search for a Style: Country Life and Architecture, 1897-1935, 1989; (with M. Beal) The British Embassy, Paris: The House and Its Works of Art (catalogue), 1992; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Clarence House, 1996; The Country Houses of England 1948-1998, 1998; London Interiors, 2000. Contributor to periodicals. Died 2004.