Decorative plasterwork in Great Britain

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This is a classic work on the history of decorative plasterwork which is an essential part of the British country house.

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Full title :Decorative plasterwork in Great Britain / Geoffrey Beard.

Summary

This is a classic work on the history of decorative plasterwork which is an essential part of the British country house.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Donhead
Place of Publication:Shaftesbury
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (288 p. :) : ill.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317742883, 1317742885, 9781873394915, 1873394918, 9781317742876, 1317742877
oclc:on1076639210
LC Classification:NA3690
Dewey Decimal:729.50941

<P>Preface; Acknowledgments; MAGNIFICENT BUILDING; The urge to build, income and costs, sources of income; MATERIALS AND METHODS: Raw materials and equipment, plaster, hair, sand, laths, stucco, armatures, tools, moulds, methods of work, guilds, apprentices and craftsmen; WROUGHT WITH PLASTER, 1500-1600; THE BEST MASTERS, 1660-1702: The Office of works, the principal officers, The Master Plasterer; Official projects, Whitehall to 1685, Newmarket, Windsor Castle, the City Churches, St Paul's Cathedral, Winchester, Whitehall: the Chapel; Hampton Court, Kensington Palace, Greenwich Palace, Private Patronage; ADORNED WITH STUCCO 1702-1760; CLASSICAL COMPOSITION 1760-1830; PLASTERWORK IN SCOTLAND; Notes; Plates; Select List of Plasterers; Biblography; Index of Places; Index of Persons.</p>

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Country homes -- Decoration Country homes -- Decoration -- Great Br… Great Britain History Maisons de campagne -- Décoration -- Gr… Plasterwork, Decorative Plasterwork, Decorative -- History. -- … Stucs décoratifs -- Histoire. -- Grande…