Period Details Sourcebook

Description

A sourcebook for restoration of both town and country homes from 1600 to 1900, with greatest emphasis on the most commonly renovated period house: the 19th-century dwelling. Advice on how to date your house correctly is followed by examination of every aspect of interior fixtures and fittings.

Author description

Judith Miller is the co-founder of the hugely successful annual publication Miller's Antiques Price Guide. She is the co-author and author of several other Mitchell Beazley titles, including Classic Style, The Style Sourcebook, Victorian Style, Country Style, Country Finishes and Effects, Period Details, Period Finishes and Effects, Period-Style Soft Furnishings and Care and Repair of Antiques and Collectables. Judith appears regularly on TV and radio programmes, including BBC2's House Detectives.

Table of contents

Medieval; Renaissance; Georgian; American colonial; Adam; American Federal and Empire; regency; American Greek revival; Gothic revival; Victorian; American Victorian; arts and crafts; Edwardian. The details: exterior doors and details; internal doors; windows; stairs; floors; ceilings; walls; fireplaces; bathrooms; kitchens; lighting.