Behind the Scenes at a Gilded-Age ´Cottage´
All the mansions of the late 19th and early 20th century in the Rhode Island coasts´s famed outpost of wealth the are over-the-top grand, for the self-made millionaires who built them wanted to look as if they came from old money, and to achieve that, they were willing to spend a lot of new money. Touring these summer “cottages” today, you gawk at expansive gardens, expensive European art and furniture, sumptuous ballrooms and guest rooms, and enough
