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Author : Geoffrey Beard
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780140066074
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)
Download or read book The National Trust Book of English Furniture written by Geoffrey Beard and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1986 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey Beard
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The National Trust Book of English Furniture written by Geoffrey Beard and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1985 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey W. Beard
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The National Trust Book of the English House Interior written by Geoffrey W. Beard and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1990 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DO-IT-YOURSELF/HOME IMPROVEMENT
Author : Michael Pick
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 : 9780706421705
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (217 download)
Download or read book The National Trust Pocket Guide to Furniture written by Michael Pick and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1985 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pamela Clabburn
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780140079081
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The National Trust Book of Furnishing Textiles written by Pamela Clabburn and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1989 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas King
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486148394
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Neo-Classical Furniture Designs written by Thomas King and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Influential guide displays over 300 Grecian designs: fire screens, sofas, couches, chairs, footstools, commodes, sideboards, washstands, bedsteads,and many other items.
Author : Nigel Nicolson
Publisher : London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Great Houses of Britain written by Nigel Nicolson and published by London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. This book was released on 1965 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey Beard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140086393
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (863 download)
Download or read book The National Trust Book of the English House Interior written by Geoffrey Beard and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julia De Bierre
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811825108
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Restoration Recipes written by Julia De Bierre and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop a keen eye for classic furniture and learn to properly repair, refinish, and refurbish pieces of lasting value. Restoration Recipes includes a host of traditional techniques for restoring wood, glass, metal, and leather, plus upto-date coverage of modern materials and methods. Fully illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions take you through 21 restoration projects with ease. Book jacket.
Author : National Trust (Great Britain)
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Treasures of the National Trust written by National Trust (Great Britain) and published by Jonathan Cape. This book was released on 1976 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey Beard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317742877
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain written by Geoffrey Beard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decorative plasterwork was created by skilled craftsmen, and for over four hundred years it has been an essential part of the interior decoration of the British country house. In this detailed and comprehensive study, Geoffrey Beard has created a book that will delight the eye and inform the interested reader. For those who have sometimes been puzzled by the complexities of plaster decoration it will be a most useful work of reference on a fascinating art form, about which no book has been published for nearly fifty years. After discussing the part that patrons played in commissioning and financing these beautiful decorations, a useful chapter is devoted to materials and methods of work and here the author describes the ingredients of good plaster; he has studied the work of present-day English plasterers and Swiss stucco-restorers in order to establish precisely how the materials of plaster and stucco were composed and used.
Author : Geoffrey Lancaster
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1922144657
Total Pages : 919 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (221 download)
Download or read book The First Fleet Piano: Volume One written by Geoffrey Lancaster and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 919 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the late eighteenth century, a musical–cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano—invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London—not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also inspired the creation of an expressive and scintillating repertoire. Square pianos reinforced music as life’s counterpoint, and were played by royalty, by musicians of the highest calibre and by aspiring amateurs alike. On Sunday, 13 May 1787, a square piano departed from Portsmouth on board the Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, bound for Botany Bay. Who made the First Fleet piano, and when was it made? Who owned it? Who played it, and who listened? What music did the instrument sound out, and within what contexts was its voice heard? What became of the First Fleet piano after its arrival on antipodean soil, and who played a part in the instrument’s subsequent history? Two extant instruments contend for the title ‘First Fleet piano’; which of these made the epic journey to Botany Bay in 1787–88? The First Fleet Piano: A Musician’s View answers these questions, and provides tantalising glimpses of social and cultural life both in Georgian England and in the early colony at Sydney Cove. The First Fleet piano is placed within the musical and social contexts for which it was created, and narratives of the individuals whose lives have been touched by the instrument are woven together into an account of the First Fleet piano’s conjunction with the forces of history. View ‘The First Fleet Piano: Volume Two Appendices’. Note: Volume 1 and 2 are sold as a set ($180 for both) and cannot be purchased separately.
Author : Clive Edwards
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719045257
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (452 download)
Download or read book Eighteenth-Century Furniture written by Clive Edwards and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighteenth century has been seen as a Golden Age of design and craftsmanship. This book goes well beyond these ideas and investigates the various developments in the infrastructure of the eighteenth-century furniture world.
Author : Mark Purcell
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300248687
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Country House Library written by Mark Purcell and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete with engaging anecdotes about owners and librarians, the book features fascinating information on acquisition bordering on obsession, the process of designing library architecture, and the care (and neglect) of collections. The author also disputes the notion that these libraries were merely for show, arguing that many of them were profoundly scholarly, assembled with meticulous care, and frequently used for intellectual pursuits. For those who love books and the libraries in which they are collected and stored, The Country House Library is an essential volume to own.
Author : Tessa Wild
Publisher : Philip Wilson Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781781300558
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book William Morris and his Palace of Art written by Tessa Wild and published by Philip Wilson Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Morris and his Palace of Art is a comprehensive new study of Red House, Bexleyheath; the only house commissioned by William Morris and the first independent architectural work of his close friend, Philip Webb. Morris moved in to Red House as an ebullient young man of 26, with an independent income and a head brimming with ideas and the persistent question of ‘how best to live? Red House, together with its Pre-Raphaelite garden, stands as the physical embodiment of his exuberant spirit, youthful ambition, passionate medievalism, creativity and great sense of possibility. For five intense years from 1860–5, it was a place of halcyon days – happy family life, loyal friendship, good humoured competition, and the jovial campaign of decorating; furnishing the house and designing the garden. Drawing on a wealth of new physical evidence, this book argues that Red House constitutes an ambitious and critical chapter in his design history. It will re-consider the inspiration it provided for the founding of ‘the Firm’ of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (later Morris & Co.), in 1861, and the vital collaboration of Webb, Burne-Jones, Rossetti and their intimate circle in realising Morris’s dream for his house.
Author : Shayne Rivers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113641536X
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Conservation of Furniture written by Shayne Rivers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-06-07 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive resource covering the principles and practice of the conservation and restoration of furniture, and other decorative art objects made wholly or partly of wood. It integrates theory with practice to show the principles which govern interaction between wooden objects, the environmental and conservation treatments and the factors which need to be taken into account to arrive at acceptable solutions to conservation problems. The practical knowledge and experience of a team of conservators active in the field are bought together with theoretical and reference material from diverse sources and unified within a systematic framework. Specialist conservators from related disciplines cover diverse materials often incorporated into furniture.
Author : Richard Madden
Publisher : National Trust
ISBN 13 : 1911358960
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (113 download)
Download or read book The Great British Bucket List written by Richard Madden and published by National Trust. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to ski off a cliff or swim with sharks, stop reading now. This book is about achievable adventures that celebrate the best of Britain and Britishness. The 60 mini adventures included are graded in difficulty from comically easy to mildly challenging, making them suitable for a wide range of ages and abilities. They include the most beautiful place to go for a stroll, the easiest place for a wild swim and, more importantly, the most spectacular place to have a cup of tea. Not to mention flying in a Spitfire and finding delicious food among the hedgerows. So what's on this Great British Bucket List? Well, a host of alternative UK adventures to get you out of the house. From fossil hunting on the Jurassic coast to forest bathing in Standish Woods, family-friendly music festivals to spectacular walks and lazy picnic hotspots, this essential guide is packed with must-do experiences. Discover the world of luxury eco-glamping in Devon and Suffolk. Book your tickets for the Minack, Cornwall's world famous open-air theatre. Follow in the footsteps of the Kinder Scout mass trespass in Dark Peak, or go canoeing down the Wye Valley in Wales. Besides old favourites, such as Stonehenge and Westminster Abbey, readers will find a bucket list bursting with suggestions for pleasant days out at some of the National Trust's historic houses. Whether you're luxuriating in Sissinghurst's famous gardens or moseying around Fountains Abbey, you're sure to have a uniquely British adventure.
