An illustrated glossary of early southern architecture and landscape / Carl R. Lounsbury, editor ; with editorial assistance by Vanessa E. Patrick.

Title & Author:

An illustrated glossary of early southern architecture and landscape / Carl R. Lounsbury, editor ; with editorial assistance by Vanessa E. Patrick.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Description:

xiv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
"Prepared at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-426).

Summary:

The vocabulary of building in the early South from 1607 to the 1820s, with most terms used in a dated quote from the time period. For instance, "1807, A kitchen for sale had 'batten shutters' Charleston Courier."

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0195079922 (acid-free paper)
9780195079920 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Colonial Southern States Dictionaries.
Architecture coloniale États-Unis (Sud) Dictionnaires anglais.
Architecture, Colonial
Wörterbuch
Architektur
Landschaft
Architecture, Colonial Southern States Encyclopedias.
Architecture Terminology.
Architecture coloniale États-Unis (ouest) Dictionnaires.
Architecture États-Unis (ouest) Dictionnaires.
Geschichte 1610-1830.
Southern States
USA Südstaaten
Architecture.
United States.

Form/genre:

Dictionary
dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Dictionnaires.

Added entries:

Lounsbury, Carl, editor.
Patrick, Vanessa Elizabeth, editor.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 110912
Call No.: ID NA727.I44 REF; ID:94-B643
Status: Available

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