Main entry:

Hardyment, Christina.

Title & Author:

Behind the scenes : domestic arrangements in historic houses / Christina Hardyment.

Publication:

London : National Trust ; New York : Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, Publisher, 1997.

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Revised edition of: Home comfort / Christina Hardyment. Chicago, Ill. : Academy Chicago in association with the National Trust, 1992.
Rev. ed. of: Home comfort / Christina Hardyment. Chicago, Ill. : Academy Chicago in association with the National Trust, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Domestic Plan -- 2. Men at the Top -- 3. The Housekeeper's Domain -- 4. The Living Larder -- 5. The Dairy -- 6. Brew-House and Bakehouse -- 7. Preservation -- 8. The Cook's Quarters -- 9. Light and Heat -- 10. Waterworks -- 11. Laundry Work -- 12. Conclusion.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Christina Hardyment conducted a fascinating quest into the history of housekeeping through the well-preserved properties of Britain's National Trust, among them Petworth, Uppark, Shugborough, and Lanhydrock. To reconstruct the ingenious methods used by earlier generations to make a house a home and to keep themselves warm and well-fed, she squirmed through drains, poked around sculleries and cellars, and clambered into icehouses and up chimneys. The result of her explorations is an informative, amusing text that recounts not only the history of the kitchen, the bathroom, and the laundry, but also investigates bakehouses and breweries, dairies and dovecotes, the lamp room and the larder." "Accompanying Hardyment's descriptions of what she found in great mansions, humble cottages, medieval castles and Victorian townhouses are archival documents and accounts and a wealth of color photographs, many taken especially for this book."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0810963434
9780810963436
0707802822
9780707802824

Subject:

Dwellings Great Britain History.
Architecture, Domestic Great Britain History.
Home economics Great Britain History.
Material culture Great Britain History.
Culture matérielle Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
49.01 history of domestic science.
Architecture, Domestic.
Dwellings.
Home economics.
Manners and customs.
Material culture.
Huishouden.
Huishoudelijke arbeid.
Landhuizen.
Great Britain Social life and customs.
Grande-Bretagne Mœurs et coutumes.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

History.
History (form)

Added entries:

Hardyment, Christina. Home comfort.
National Trust (Great Britain)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193728
Call No.: ID GT285.H35; ID:97-B4769
Status: Available