A catalogue of measured drawings (some in full size) of English Furniture and also of some remains of architectural woodwork, plasterwork, metalwork, glazing, etc. Subjects of the plates: Cabinets; Wardrobes; Dressers; Chests of Drawers; Linen Chests; Linen Press; Tables; Chairs; Doors; Wall Paneling; Church Furniture; Ceilings; Ornamental Lead Cistern; Chimney Pieces; Staircases; Ironwork; Brasswork; Leaded Lights. These pieces of furniture come from places such as: Lancashire; Manchester; Leek, Staffordshire; Tyldesley, Lancashire; Patricroft, Lancashire; Poynton, Cheshire; Plas Mawr, Conway; Chetham's College, Manchester; Rawtenstall; Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire; Liverpool; Oldham, Lancashire; Congleton, Cheshire; Knutsford, Cheshire; Shaw, Lancashire; Eccles, Lancashire; Bangor, North Wales; Bramhall Hall, Cheshire; Ordsall Old Hall, Salford; Kersal Cell, near Higher Broughton, Manchester; Astbury Church, Cheshire; Rutland Square, Dublin; Stricklandgate, Kendal; Byrom Court St. Mary's Gate, Manchester.
Hurrell, John Weymouth
The first volume of a series of books on general architecture. It consists of books I-V comprising numerous chapters on preparatory studies of architecture (drawing tools and techniques), general principles (composition, proportions), architectural elements (walls, doors, windows, roofs, attics, vaults, staircases). The texts are accompanied by various drawings, photographs, plans, elevations and sections, some to scale. The fourth book is dedicated to architectural orders such as: Antique, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Toscan. The illustrations depict buildings predominantly from France, Italy and Greece, some of them being: Temple of Mars the Avenger, Rome; Arch of Titus, Rome; Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris; Parthenon, Athens; Procuratie, Venice; Villa d'Este, Tivoli; Capitole, Rome; Louvre Museum, Paris; Lucca Cathedral, Lucca; Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris; Palace of Justice, Paris; Hôtel des Invalides, Paris; Palace of Versailles; Abbey of Monte Cassino; Sapienza University of Rome; Place de la Concorde, Paris; Amiens Cathedral, Amiens; Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Trevi Fountain, Rome; Pantheon, Rome; Palace of the University of Genes; Old Library, Venice; Palladian Basilica, Vicenza; Hagia Sophia; Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican; Church of Saint-Laurent, Paris; Westminster Abbey, London; Périgueux Cathedral, Périgueux ; Cappella Palatina, Palermo; Baths of Caracalla, Rome; Barberini Palace, Rome.
Guadet, Julien (1834-1908), architect
