Exemplars of Tudor architecture, adapted to modern habitations : with illustrative details, selected from ancient edifices, and observations on the furniture of the Tudor period / by T.F. Hunt.

Main entry:

Hunt, T. F. (Thomas F.)

Title & Author:

Exemplars of Tudor architecture, adapted to modern habitations : with illustrative details, selected from ancient edifices, and observations on the furniture of the Tudor period / by T.F. Hunt.

Publication:

London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830.

Description:

viii, 200 p., XXXVII leaves of plates : ill. (metal cuts), plans (metal cuts) ; 30 cm.

Notes:
Cover title: Hunt's exemplars of Tudor architecture.
Engraved vignette on t.p.
Includes [37] plates illustrating designs and elevations for houses, architectural details and furniture; Hunt was one of the first architects to examine the Tudor style in an depth; his text included excerpts from historical treatises to reflect historical context as well as to establish accuracy for his designs; perhaps influenced by Hunt, authors like Henry Shaw, Charles John Palmer and Joseph Nash published historical accounts of domestic architecture in which they examined contemporary furniture, costumes and society as well as the architectural elements. Cf. Archer. p. 445-446.
First edition; later reprinted in 1836.
Includes index.
Archer. J. Literature of Brit. domestic architecture, 155.1

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic England.
Furniture England.
Architecture, Tudor.
Meubles Angleterre.
Architecture Tudor.
Architecture, Domestic.
Furniture.
England.

Form/genre:

Etchings 1830.
Wood engravings 1830.
Engravings 1830.

Added entries:

Hunt's exemplars of Tudor architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 20046
Call No.: W848; ID:87-B7189
Status: Available

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