The Georgian House in America and Britain
Title | The Georgian House in America and Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Parissien |
Publisher | Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages | 244 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Architecture |
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The Georgian house - whether on a Georgetown street or in a leafy suburb- is considered among the most desireable and comfortable of homes. The Georgian style has stood the test of time, and continues to be popular today. Houses built over two hundred years ago still stand as proud and dignified as when they were first erected. The book describes the development of the Georgian style, beginning with its intro in the early 18th century up to the mid 19th century. Chapters are also devoted to each element of the house to help understand the ideas, techniques, and materials employed by the original builders. The most complete study of the historical development and importance of the Georgian style, this book is also a practical guide to preserving and restoring a Georgian house.
The Georgian House in Britain and America
Title | The Georgian House in Britain and America PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Parissien |
Publisher | Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages | 222 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
The first part of this book describes the development of the Georgian style, beginning with its introduction in the early eighteenth century in Britain and the colonies. In the 1740s, metropolitan areas on America's east coast, particularly the cities of Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston, and Alexandria, were beginning to show excellent examples of Georgian architecture. In the second part of the book, a chapter is devoted to each element of the house - roofs, stonework, brick, doors and windows, fireplaces, and moldings are examined, stressing the need for today's occupants to understand the ideas, techniques, and materials employed by the original builders. This book enables the preservationist, historian, architect, carpenter, and decorator to understand the craftsmanship and context of the Georgian house.
Great Georgian Houses of America
Title | Great Georgian Houses of America PDF eBook |
Author | Architects' Emergency Committee |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Architecture, American |
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Behind Closed Doors
Title | Behind Closed Doors PDF eBook |
Author | Amanda Vickery |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Total Pages | 466 |
Release | 2009-11-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0300188560 |
From the award-winning author of The Gentleman’s Daughter,a witty and academic illumination of daily domestic life in Georgian England. In this brilliant work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. Writing with her customary wit and verve, she introduces us to men and women from all walks of life: gentlewoman Anne Dormer in her stately Oxfordshire mansion, bachelor clerk and future novelist Anthony Trollope in his dreary London lodgings, genteel spinsters keeping up appearances in two rooms with yellow wallpaper, servants with only a locking box to call their own. Vickery makes ingenious use of upholsterer’s ledgers, burglary trials, and other unusual sources to reveal the roles of house and home in economic survival, social success, and political representation during the long eighteenth century. Through the spread of formal visiting, the proliferation of affordable ornamental furnishings, the commercial celebration of feminine artistry at home, and the currency of the language of taste, even modest homes turned into arenas of social campaign and exhibition. The basis of a 3-part TV series for BBC2. “Vickery is that rare thing, an…historian who writes like a novelist.”—Jane Schilling, Daily Mail “Comparison between Vickery and Jane Austen is irresistible…This book is almost too pleasurable, in that Vickery's style and delicious nosiness conceal some seriously weighty scholarship.”—Lisa Hilton, The Independent “If until now the Georgian home has been like a monochrome engraving, Vickery has made it three dimensional and vibrantly colored. Behind Closed Doors demonstrates that rigorous academic work can also be nosy, gossipy, and utterly engaging.”—Andrea Wulf, New York Times Book Review
Georgian & Regency Houses Explained
Title | Georgian & Regency Houses Explained PDF eBook |
Author | Trevor Yorke |
Publisher | Countryside Books (GB) |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Architecture |
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The Georgian and Regency house conjures up a distinct and much admired image. Elegance, refinement and beautiful proportions have made this period an inspiration for later architects and a popular choice for today's house buyer. Using his own drawings, diagrams and photographs, author Trevor Yorke explains all aspects of the Georgian and Regency house and provides a comprehensive guide to the homes and houses of this notable period. The book is divided into three sections, outlining the history of the period; stepping inside the different rooms and their fittings, what they were used for and how they would have appeared; and the final section contains a quick reference guide with notes on dating houses, suggestions for further reading, a glossary of unfamiliar terms and details of places to visit
The Georgian Group Book of the Georgian House
Title | The Georgian Group Book of the Georgian House PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Parissien |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Architecture |
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This book enables the reader to set the Georgian house in its historical context, shows how and why each aspect of a house came to be as it is, and help owners to preserve their homes for the enjoyment of the next generation. In the first part of the book Steven Parissien describes the development of the Georgian style in Britain from its introduction in the early eighteenth century through to the mid-nineteenth century and explains how the original inhabitants would have used the various rooms. In the second part he devotes a chapter to each element of the Georgian house, including roofs, brickwork and stonework, doors and windows, staircase and fireplaces, mouldings and plasterwork. Throughout the book he stresses the need for today's owners to understand the ideas, techniques and materials employed by those who built their homes. The book has been written with the owner, or would-be owner, of a modest family house or Georgian cottage primarily in mind.
Small Georgian Houses in England and Virginia
Title | Small Georgian Houses in England and Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Drake Reiff |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 368 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Architecture |
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This is the first study which has seriously and thoroughly examined the English post-Renaissance vernacular background for the famous Georgian houses of Virginia (ca. 1710-1760), and related them exhaustively to their American counter-parts.