The Spectator
The Spectator

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Publisher:

Published: 1916

Total Pages: 816

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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.

Flint and Feather
Flint and Feather

Author: E. Pauline Johnson

Publisher: Whitehead Press

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 232

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain
Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain

Author: Geoffrey Beard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1317742885

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Decorative plasterwork was created by skilled craftsmen, and for over four hundred years it has been an essential part of the interior decoration of the British country house. In this detailed and comprehensive study, Geoffrey Beard has created a book that will delight the eye and inform the interested reader. For those who have sometimes been puzzled by the complexities of plaster decoration it will be a most useful work of reference on a fascinating art form, about which no book has been published for nearly fifty years. After discussing the part that patrons played in commissioning and financing these beautiful decorations, a useful chapter is devoted to materials and methods of work and here the author describes the ingredients of good plaster; he has studied the work of present-day English plasterers and Swiss stucco-restorers in order to establish precisely how the materials of plaster and stucco were composed and used.