Moving Rooms : The Trade in Architectural Salvages by John Harris VERY GOOD

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9780300124200
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300124201
ISBN-13
9780300124200
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57023003

Product Key Features

Book Title
Moving Rooms : the Trade in Architectural Salvages
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Environmental / Waste Management, Interior Design / General, General, Decorative Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Art, Architecture, Technology & Engineering
Author
John Harris
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
48.1 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.8 in

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Trade
LCCN
2006-029075
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"Harris pulls no punches in his exhaustive investigation into Continental architecture salvages and how they came to be period rooms in museums and private homes."�Jeanne Schinto, Maine Antique Digest, "Harris pulls no punches in his exhaustive investigation into Continental architecture salvages and how they came to be period rooms in museums and private homes."-Jeanne Schinto, Maine Antique Digest, "Harris pulls no punches in his exhaustive investigation into Continental architecture salvages and how they came to be period rooms in museums and private homes." Jeanne Schinto, Maine Antique Digest, "Harris pulls no punches in his exhaustive investigation into Continental architecture salvages and how they came to be period rooms in museums and private homes."Jeanne Schinto, Maine Antique Digest, "Harris pulls no punches in his exhaustive investigation into Continental architecture salvages and how theycame to be period rooms in museums and private homes."-Jeanne Schinto, Maine Antique Digest, "Harris pulls no punches in his exhaustive investigation into Continental architecture salvages and how they came to be period rooms in museums and private homes."--Jeanne Schinto, Maine Antique Digest
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
745.028/8
Synopsis
Since at least Tudor times there have been architectural salvages: panelling, chimney pieces, doorways, or any fixtures and fittings might be removed from an old interior to be replaced by more fashionable ones. Not surprisingly a trade developed and architects, builders, masons, and sculptors sought out these salvages. By 1820 there was a growing profession of brokers and dealers in London, and a century later antique shops were commonplace throughout England. This fascinating book documents the break-up, sale, and re-use of salvages in Britain and America, where the fashion for so-called "Period Rooms" became a mainstay of the transatlantic trade. Much appreciated by museum visitors, period rooms have become something of a scholarly embarrassment, as research reveals that many were assembled from a variety of sources. One American embraced the trade as no other--the larger-than-life William Randolph Hearst--who purchased tens of thousands of architectural salvages between 1900 and 1935.
LC Classification Number
NK1860.H37 2007

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