Victorian Gothic House Style: An Architectural and Interior Design Source Book
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0715309692 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Osband, whose previous book, Victorian House Style, was one of this publisher's sourcebooks on period interior design, presents a detailed examination of the Gothic revival style in domestic architecture, which reached its zenith in the mid-19th century in both the United States and England. As with Ingrid Cranfield's Georgian House Style (LJ 5/15/98), examples are given of British and American Gothic revival architects, exteriors, interiors, and gardens, with numerous black-and-white illustrations from period sourcebooks of furnishings, decorative details, and pattern as well as color photographs of surviving examples of this style. . This historical reference book will be useful for design professionals and students and in large interior
Victorian Gothic House Style Sgt John L Lawson Linda Osband has done an admirable job of collecting images from England and the United States to help illustrated the Gothic Revival Movement. What she falls short on in text she makes up for in picture and engravings. It is not as comprehensive as I was hoping and there are some areas that I would have appreciated a more in-depth explanation: facades and furniture that identify the period being top of the list. The samples she has for gothic kitchens are modern but she supplements them with appliance advertisements from. Sgt John L Lawson said Victorian Gothic House Style. Linda Osband has done an admirable job of collecting images from England and the United States to help illustrated the Gothic Revival Movement. What she falls short on in text she makes up for in picture and engravings. It is not as comprehensive as I was hoping and there are some areas that I would have appreciated a more in-depth explanation: facades and furniture that identify the period being top of the list. The samples she has for gothic kitchens are modern but she supplements them with appliance advertisements from. Excilent guide for working on a Gothic Victorian Home! Morria The book Victorian Gothic House Style has proven of more value than I can verbally experess in restorying a 2 story victorian Gothic style house my husband I previously own. From colors, to furnature, to flooring, to restoring windows, this book has been a wonderful aid. While we were never able to get out to the gardens, the book also provided us with usefully priode ideas for this as well. Even now, has my husband and I prepare to move on to the desert southwest, we will be taking this book and encorpating ideas from it
With its admirable purity of design and skillful crafting, Victorian Gothic took its cue from medieval ecclesiastical buildings in northern Europe. Through this highly illustrated source--with over 500 photographs, some from original catalogues and others specially commissioned--anyone can recreate the feel of a 19th century Gothic revival style home. From steeply pitched roofs topped by turrets, towers, and chimney-stacks to beautiful natural materials to intricate carvings, every detail will fascinate and inspire.