ABC/145 - English interior woodwork of the XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries.

ABC/145

English interior woodwork of the XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries.

1 volume

A volume that concentrates on presenting examples of the various phases and developments of Architectural Woodwork as applied to English Interiors, in the XVI, XVII, and XVIII centuries. It begins with a short introduction and the description of the plates that follow. The latter represents the best and most characteristic examples of Chimney-Pieces, Panneling, Staircases, Doors, Screens, &c., all drawn and measured. Buildings included: Charterhouse, London; Fireplace from Ipswich; Hardwick Hall; Elizabethan Staircases, from Charterhouse, Bolsover, Ockwells Manor, Audley End, and Hatfield; Merton College Library, Oxford; Palace at Bromley-by-Bow and House at Exeter; Broughton Castle; Corsham Almshouses, Canterbury; Cranborne Manor House; Long Gallery, Haddon; Haddon Hall; Knole House; Wadham College, Oxford; Hatfield House; Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire; Fireplaces from St. John's College in Oxford and a House in Cambridge; Abbot's Hospital, Guildford; Library at St. john's College, Cambridge; The stranger's Hall, Norwich; Chapel at Peterhouse College, Cambridge; All Hallows Church, Barking; House in Lime Stree, City of London; St. John's College, Oxford; Clopton House, Stratford-on-Avon; The Convocation Room, Oxford; The Globe Room at The Reindeer Inn, Banbury; Old House at Norwich; Knole House; Thorpe Hall, Peterborough; Pembroke College, Cambridge; St. Lawrence Jewry; St. Stephen's Church, Walbrook; Trinity College, Cambridge; Farnham Castle; Hampton Court Palace; The Hall and Chapel at Chelsea Hospital; Burford Priory, Oxon; Various Staircases from Brympton, Cobham, The Royal Palace at Kew, Ipswich, Clare College, Great Marlborough Street, The Hall at Glastonbury.

Covers slightly scuffed. A lot of loose and torn pages