Garden houses and privies : authentic details for design and restoration / Peter Joel Harrison.
An essential component of homes and commercial buildings before the advent of indoor plumbing, privies - also known as 'garden houses' - have found new uses as storage sheds, pool houses, etc. In this pattern book of 18th- and 19th-century designs, Harrison has painstakingly documented exi...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
John Wiley & Sons,
[2002]
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| Online Access: | EBSCO eBooks |
| Summary: | An essential component of homes and commercial buildings before the advent of indoor plumbing, privies - also known as 'garden houses' - have found new uses as storage sheds, pool houses, etc. In this pattern book of 18th- and 19th-century designs, Harrison has painstakingly documented existing historic structures and translated them into beautiful line drawings, including compelling details such as finials, doors, windows, and ventilators. |
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| Item Description: | Subtitle on added t.p.: A vast collection of designs consisting of garden houses, tool houses, & bath houses : with much attention given to ornamental and plain privies, reflecting the great changes in style, Colonial, Gothic, Tuscan, French, & Swiss. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii pages, 245 pages of plates) : chiefly illustrations |