The Elements of style : a practical encyclopedia of interior architectural details, from 1485 to the present
1996
Book
" The Elements of Style is the most comprehensive visual survey, period by period, feature by feature, of the styles that have had the greatest impact on interiors of American and British domestic architecture. Unsurpassed in its range of illustrations, this magnificent volume covers more than 500 years of architectural styles from Tudor to Post-Modern and includes a wealth of American and British vernacular styles. Everyone from owners of period houses, restorers, and architects to interior designers, do it-yourself homeowners, and all those interested in our building heritage will find this reference indispensable..."-- Amazon
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780684835211
- 0684835215
Edition: Revised edition.
Description: 568 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-559) and index.
Contents:
- Tudor and Jacobean 1485-1625 / Simon Thurley
- Baroque 1625-1714 / Richard Hewlings
- Early Georgian 1714-1765 / Stephen Calloway
- Colonial 1607-1780 / William Macintire
- Late Georgian 1765-1811 / Stephen Jones
- Regency and early 19th century 1811-1837 / Stephen Calloway
- Federal and Empire 1780-1850 / Jonathan Poston
- British Victorian 1837-1901 / Robin Wyatt
- American Victorian 1840-1910 / Thomas Jayne
- Arts and crafts 1860-1925 / Stephen Jones
- Art nouveau 1888-1905 / Margaret Knight
- Edwardian 1901-1914 / Robin Wyatt
- American beaux arts 1870-1920 / David Reese
- Twenties and thirties / Margaret Knight
- Modern Movement 1920-1965 ; Beyond Modern 1950-1990 / Alan Powers
- British vernacular / Anthony Quiney
- American vernacular / Elizabeth Cromley
- Restoration and maintenance / Peter Sutton
- Biographies / Valerie Clack
- Directory of suppliers.
Subjects:
- Architecture -- Details.
- Architecture -- United States -- Details.
- Interior architecture -- United States.
- Interior architecture.
Other Authors:
- Calloway, Stephen, author, editor
- Clack, Valerie, author
- Cromley, Elizabeth C. author, editor
- Hewlings, Richard, author
- Jayne, Thomas, author
- Jones, Stephen, author
- Knight, Margaret, author
- Macintire, William, author
- Poston, Jonathan H., 1954- author
- Powers, Alan, 1955- author
- Quiney, Anthony, author
- Reese, David, author
- Sutton, Peter, author
- Thurley, Simon, 1962- author
- Walter, J. Jackson, 1940-2008 writer of foreword
- Wyatt, Robin, author