1927 Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britian

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original cloth binding.

This volume is a first edition.

Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and numerous vignette monochrome photographs. 

The work provides an in depth history of British decorative plasterwork in architecture. The author starts with the practice under Henry VIII, and looks up until the reign of George III. This work features prominent examples of decorative plasterwork in Great Britain such as Craigievar Castle, Muchalls Castle, Haddon Hall, Chastleton House, Knole House, and Speke Hall.

With an introduction by Arthur T. Bolton, the curator of Sir John Sloane's museum.