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Leather Belt with Detachable Leather Holder
29020.98.12 · Item
Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
Heavy black leather belt that has a black leather holder attached. The belt fastens with a brass metal stud and holes. It has a press stud fastening loop attached at one end and a detachable loop to hold the belt end in place when it is fastened. The holder has four vertical slits to allow the belt to be threaded through at two different heights. No labels. Designer unknown
Architectural Books Collection
ABC · Collection · 1727-1974
Collection of architectural books used by students at the Polytechnic School of Architecture and PCL, including rare and antique editions. Also accompanying the collection are Accessions Registers of The Polytechnic School of Architecture and The Polytechnic College of Architecture and Advanced Building Technology detailing the books. Regent Street Polytechnic (1891-1970)
Baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland in 4 volumes. Vol I
ABC/1 · 1855
Part of Architectural Books Collection
A written description of each building, with engravings. No plans or measurements. Buildings included are: Aberbrothock Abbey, Forfar; Aberdeen, old House on the School Hill; Aberdeen, King’s College; Aberdeen Cathedral; Aberdour House, Fife; Airth castle, Linlithgow; St Andrew’s Cathedral, Fife; St Andrew’s College Church; Auchan’s Castle, Ayr; Balveny Castle, Banff; Borthwick castle, Edinburgh; Brechin Cathedral and Round Tower, Forfar; Caerlaverock castle, Dumfries; Cambuskennth Tower, Stirling; Castle Campbell, Clackmannan; Cawdor castle, Nairn; Clackmann Tower; Coldingham Priory, Berwick; Corstophine Church, Edinburgh; Coxton Tower, Elgin; Craigievar Castle, Aberdeen; Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh; Crichton Castle; Crossraguel Abbey, Ayr; Dairsie Church, Fife; Dalmeny Church, Linlithgow. Billings, Robert William (1813-1874), painter and architect
Ancient, and modern architecture, consisting of views, plans, elevations, sections and details of the most remarkable edifices in the world in 3 vols. vol II
ABC/10 · 1844-1849
Part of Architectural Books Collection
A short introduction for some structures, consisting of views, plans, elevations and sections, some to scale. A focus on Italian, Byzantine and Venetian architecture, including ruins, statues, and tombs. Items included are: The Mosque of Cordova; Basilicas; Basilica of St. Clement at Rome; The Curch of St. Vital at Ravenna; The Catholicon, Cathedral of Athens; Church of St. Mary at Toscanella; Basilica of St. George in Velabro, Rome; The Church of Grotto Ferrata; Church of San Miniato, near Florence; The Foscari Palace at Venice; Church of St. Zacharias, at Venice; Library of St. Mark at Venice; The Basilica of St. Mary in Cosmedin at Rome; The Cloister of St. Paul's outside the walls of Rome; Church of Theotocos at Constantinople; Chapel at Cividale del Friuli; The Baptistry of Pisa; The Church of La Martorana at Palermo; The Church of St. Front at Perigueux; Ciborium of the Church of St. Paul outside the walls of Rome; Procuratie Nuove (Piazza of St. Mark at Venice); Vetheuil Church; Tomb of the Doge Vandramini at Venice; Baptismal Fonts; The Temple of Neptune at Paestum; Gailhabud, M Jules
The stones of Venice in 3 vols. VoI III.
ABC/100 · 1886
Part of Architectural Books Collection
The third of three volumes that offers an in-depth study of the Early, the Roman and the Grotesque Renaissance Styles. The list of contents includes: Early Renaissance; Roman Renaissance; Grotesque Renaissance; Conclusion. Appendix: Architect of the Ducal Palace; Theology os Spenser; Austrian Government in Italy; Date of the Palaces of the Byzantine Renaissance; Renaissance Side of Ducal Palace; Character of the Doge Michele Morosini; Modern Education; Early Venetian Marriages; Character of the Venetian Aristocracy; Final Appendix. List of plates: Temperance and Intemperance in Ornament; Gothic Capitals; Noble and Ignoble Grotesque; Mosaics of Olive-Tree and Flowers; Byzantine Bases; Byzantine Jambs; Gothic Jambs; Byzantine Archivolts; Cornices; Tracery Bars; Capitals of Fondaco del Turchi. Ruskin, John (1819-1900), art critic