The vernacular furniture used by ordinary people has only recently been considered a subject worthy of study. In this magisterial book--the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of English vernacular furniture--Christopher Gilbert demonstrates that common furniture possesses as much interest as fashionable pieces made for country houses. Gilbert investigates over twenty well-defined vernacular subgroups that have never previously been explored in detail, including furniture made for workhouses, schools, prisons, ...
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The vernacular furniture used by ordinary people has only recently been considered a subject worthy of study. In this magisterial book--the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of English vernacular furniture--Christopher Gilbert demonstrates that common furniture possesses as much interest as fashionable pieces made for country houses. Gilbert investigates over twenty well-defined vernacular subgroups that have never previously been explored in detail, including furniture made for workhouses, schools, prisons, Quaker meetinghouses, army barracks, alehouses, lunatic asylums, shops, railway premises, and ships. He also discusses such facets of vernacular furniture making as regional differences in the production of chairs and beds; mainstream cottage and farmhouse domestic furniture; and traditional straw and wicker crafts. Although Gilbert's main focus is on the English vernacular tradition, he also touches on furniture form Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the channel Islands. He makes extensive use of provincial Books of Price s and various Parliamentary Reports on living conditions that often contain splendidly detailed first hand evidence about domestic interiors, and he has provided numerous illustrations of securely provenanced items to support his text.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1750grams, ISBN: 9780300047622.
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Fine. Still in original shrinkwrap with dust jacket and slipcase-VERY NICE With very good dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear-NICE! Oversized.
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417 B&W and color ill. Very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) 294pp. ISBN 0300047622 Vernacular furniture used by ordinary people is shown here to have as much interest as fashionable pieces made for country houses. Examples discussed are from Inns and Taverns, Schools, Workhouse, Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals, and much more in this comprehensive study. Author also touches on furniture from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
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Fine in fine jacket. More than 400 illustrations, primarily in black & white but many in color. viii + 294pp., 4to, cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1991). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 294 pages. Hardcover, bound in navy blue cloth covered boards, wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket, and protected in a cardboard slipcase. Slipcase, which is not remotely decorative, has some wear and bumps at the corners and light soiling, but it has largely protected the book which also has some bumps at the corners and the previous owner's bookplate glued on the front free endpaper. Otherwise, the binding is solid, dustjacket bright, and the interior is clean and free of markings. Text in English. Lavishly illustrated.
