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Author: Charles Tracy
Publisher: ACC Distribution
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 222
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA revised and expanded edition of Clifford Smith's catalogue, first published in 1929. The V&A Museum houses an important collection of medieval furniture, architectural decoration and artefacts in the UK. The book incorporates research undertaken in the field for the last 60 years.
Author: Daniel Diehl
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780811728546
DOWNLOAD EBOOK14 projects based on medieval designs. Color photos of the original pieces.
Author: Erin J. Campbell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-02-24
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1350279978
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Middle Ages were marked by dramatic social, economic, political, and religious changes. Diverse regional and local conditions, and varied social classes - including peasant, artisan, merchant, clergy, nobility, and rulers - resulted in differing needs for furniture. The social settings for furniture included official and private residences both grand and humble, churches and monasteries, and civic institutions, including places of governance and learning, such as municipal halls, guild halls, and colleges. This volume explores how furniture contributed to the social fabric within these varied spaces. The chronological range of this volume extends from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the early Renaissance, a period which exhibited a wide array of types, styles, and motifs, including Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance. Rural and regional styles of furniture are also considered, as well as techniques of furniture manufacture. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
Author: Daniel Diehl
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780811727952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlans for constructing 16 pieces based on careful study and measurement of rare originals from 1100-1500. Includes a bench, chair, table, chest, bed, door, wine cabinet, candlestand, and cradle.
Author: Anthony Emery
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 752
ISBN-13: 9780521581318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe second volume of a massive, illustrated survey of the greater houses of medieval England and Wales, first published in 1996.
Author: Adam Bowett
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780955657672
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBowett charts the species, sources, and history of the woods used in British furniture making from medieval times to the twentieth century. The main dictionary section of the book has 460 entries that cover 477 species of hardwoods and softwoods and detail the history of each wood, describe its uses, and provide cross references to other woods. Extensively illustrated with examples of historic furniture, this book also includes an introductory survey of the historic timber trade and several appendices, including over 160 illustrated wood samples from the Economic Botany collection at Kew Gardens. The layout and accompanying photographs make this a valuable and accessible read that will interest furniture and antique enthusiasts, collectors, restorers, curators, and botanists, among others.
Author: John Hungerford Pollen
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Published: 1886
Total Pages: 186
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Colum Hourihane
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 4064
ISBN-13: 0195395360
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in the celebrated 'Grove Dictionary of Art' and adding hundreds of new entries, it offers students, researchers and the general public a reliable, up-to-date, and convenient resource covering this field of major importance in the development of Western history and international art and architecture.
Author: Penelope Eames
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 404
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul E. Szarmach
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 2402
ISBN-13: 1351666363
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1998, this valuable reference work offers concise, expert answers to questions on all aspects of life and culture in Medieval England, including art, architecture, law, literature, kings, women, music, commerce, technology, warfare and religion. This wide-ranging text encompasses English social, cultural, and political life from the Anglo-Saxon invasions in the fifth century to the turn of the sixteenth century, as well as its ties to the Celtic world of Wales, Scotland and Ireland, the French and Anglo-Norman world of the Continent and the Viking and Scandinavian world of the North Sea. A range of topics are discussed from Sedulius to Skelton, from Wulfstan of York to Reginald Pecock, from Pictish art to Gothic sculpture and from the Vikings to the Black Death. A subject and name index makes it easy to locate information and bibliographies direct users to essential primary and secondary sources as well as key scholarship. With more than 700 entries by over 300 international scholars, this work provides a detailed portrait of the English Middle Ages and will be of great value to students and scholars studying Medieval history in England and Europe, as well as non-specialist readers.
