Tuscan villas and gardens by Pinsent

Cecil Ross Pinsent FRIBA (1884 - 5 December 1963) was a British architect and garden designer noted for his Tuscan villas and gardens. Pinsent and his friend Geoffrey Scott, when touring Tuscany, met the American art historian Bernard Berenson. Berenson employed Scott as his librarian, and Pinsent assisted with work on the Villa I Tatti. Through Berenson, Pinsent gained access to a rich clientele, drawn from the English-speaking community in Tuscany. His clients included: Charles Augustus Strong; Alice Keppel; Lady Sybil Cutting and her daughter, the novelist Iris Origo.
Gardens designed by Pinsent include those at; Villa Capponi, Villa I Tatti, Villa La Foce and Villa Le Balze.

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