Building the Georgian City
Details:
- Author(s) Ayres, James
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1998
- Pages 280pp; illus
- Publisher Yale University Press for Paul Mellon Centre
Topics:
- Name Professions, professionalism & professionalisation
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Essentially about the building trades from late 17th to mid 19th centuries including changing relationship of the trades with the architect. Covers materials, their sources and uses; processes; techniques; inter relationships; etc. Chapters include 'stone trades'; 'plasterers & painters'; 'plumbers & glaziers'; 'timber trades'; 'brickwork'