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The elements of style : an encyclopedia of domestic architectural detail general editor: Stephen Calloway, consultant editor: Elizabeth Cromley.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Mitchell Beazley, 2012Edition: fourth edition / general editor for the new edition : Alan PowersDescription: 592 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781845336950 (hardback)
  • 184533695X (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 728 E
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Tudor and Jacobean (1485-1625) / Simon Thurley -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Baroque (1625-1714) / Richard Hewlings -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Early Georgian (1714-1765) / Stephen Calloway -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Colonial (1607-1780) / William Macintire -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork -- Late Georgian (1765-1811) / Stephen Jones -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services Note continued: Lighting -- Metalwork -- Regency and Early 19th Century (1811-1837) / Stephen Calloway -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork -- Federal and Empire (1780-1850) / Jonathan Poston -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork -- British Victorian (1837-1901) / Robin Wyatt -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Kitchen stoves -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork -- American Victorian (1840-1910) / Thomas Jayne -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Kitchen stoves -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork Note continued: Arts and Crafts (1860-1925) / Stephen Jones -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Staircases -- Built-in Furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork -- Art Nouveau (1888-1905) / Margaret Knight -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Edwardian (1901-1914) / Robin Wyatt -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Kitchen stoves -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork -- American Beaux Arts (1870-1920) / David Reese -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Kitchen stoves -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork -- Twenties and Thirties / Margaret Knight -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings Note continued: Floors -- Fireplaces -- Kitchen stoves -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork -- The Modern Movement (1920-1950) / Alan Powers -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Kitchen stoves -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Metalwork -- Woodwork -- Beyond Modern (1950-1975) / Alan Powers -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Walls -- Ceilings -- Floors -- Fireplaces -- Kitchens -- Staircases -- Built-in furniture -- Services -- Lighting -- Woodwork and metalwork -- Contemporary Era (1975-present day) / Alan Powers -- Introduction -- Doors -- Windows -- Surface Treatments -- Fireplaces -- Kitchens -- Staircases -- Storage Systems -- Services -- Lighting -- Woodwork and metalwork -- British Vernacular / Anthony Quiney -- American Vernacular / Elizabeth Cromley -- Restoration and Maintenance / Peter Sutton.
Summary: An in-depth chronological survey of the key styles and periods of architectural design in the UK and US over the past 500 years, with over 4,000 images. This new edition brings the book up to date with a fully revised chapter on contemporary style and an updated directory of suppliers. Each chapter begins with a broad introduction to the era, summarizing its key style features. Within the chapter there follows a clearly presented guide to the features appropriate for every part of a building, from the major components such as doors, windows, walls, floors, ceilings, and staircases to embellishments such as mouldings and door furniture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Tudor and Jacobean (1485-1625) / Simon Thurley --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Baroque (1625-1714) / Richard Hewlings --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Early Georgian (1714-1765) / Stephen Calloway --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Colonial (1607-1780) / William Macintire --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork --
Late Georgian (1765-1811) / Stephen Jones --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services Note continued: Lighting --
Metalwork --
Regency and Early 19th Century (1811-1837) / Stephen Calloway --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork --
Federal and Empire (1780-1850) / Jonathan Poston --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork --
British Victorian (1837-1901) / Robin Wyatt --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Kitchen stoves --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork --
American Victorian (1840-1910) / Thomas Jayne --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Kitchen stoves --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork Note continued: Arts and Crafts (1860-1925) / Stephen Jones --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Staircases --
Built-in Furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork --
Art Nouveau (1888-1905) / Margaret Knight --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Edwardian (1901-1914) / Robin Wyatt --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Kitchen stoves --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork --
American Beaux Arts (1870-1920) / David Reese --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Kitchen stoves --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork --
Twenties and Thirties / Margaret Knight --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings Note continued: Floors --
Fireplaces --
Kitchen stoves --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork --
The Modern Movement (1920-1950) / Alan Powers --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Kitchen stoves --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Metalwork --
Woodwork --
Beyond Modern (1950-1975) / Alan Powers --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Walls --
Ceilings --
Floors --
Fireplaces --
Kitchens --
Staircases --
Built-in furniture --
Services --
Lighting --
Woodwork and metalwork --
Contemporary Era (1975-present day) / Alan Powers --
Introduction --
Doors --
Windows --
Surface Treatments --
Fireplaces --
Kitchens --
Staircases --
Storage Systems --
Services --
Lighting --
Woodwork and metalwork --
British Vernacular / Anthony Quiney --
American Vernacular / Elizabeth Cromley --
Restoration and Maintenance / Peter Sutton.

An in-depth chronological survey of the key styles and periods of architectural design in the UK and US over the past 500 years, with over 4,000 images. This new edition brings the book up to date with a fully revised chapter on contemporary style and an updated directory of suppliers. Each chapter begins with a broad introduction to the era, summarizing its key style features. Within the chapter there follows a clearly presented guide to the features appropriate for every part of a building, from the major components such as doors, windows, walls, floors, ceilings, and staircases to embellishments such as mouldings and door furniture.

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