Old Homes of New England: Historic Houses In Clapboard, Shingle, and Stone
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (889 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847830756 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Like a visit to New England! Candle In The Window This is positively one of the best books that my husband and I have recently purchased! The photographs are really stunning, and well thought out. Recommended for all of those who love history and the wonderful houses that go with it. An educational tour of America'sfirst homes and a look at some outstanding early antiques.. Gorgeous Book Gardening in Upstate NY Another nicely done book of the type for which the publisher has become known. Beautifully photographed and knowledgeably described, this is a great old house tour with some of the lesser known examples.. "Old Homes of New England" according to Brooksie. The best of many books written about early homes in New England. Fully satified with my purchase thro Amazon saving me twenty dollars over local bookstore price.
He is author of Rizzoli’s Dutch Colonial Homes in America, among others. Geoffrey Gross is the photographer of Rizzoli’s Great Houses of New England, Stone Houses, and Dutch Colonial Homes in America.. Blackburn is an ethnologist and architectural historian. Roderic H
Featured here are twenty-five of the most beautiful examples, ranging from the storied House of the Seven Gables of 1668, in its magnificent colonial splendor, to the Corwin House of 1675, nicknamed the "Witch House" for its direct association to the infamous Salem witch trials, to the bucolic Cogswell farmhouse of 1728. Cherished for its intimate, community-centered spirit, New England lays claim to some of the most wonderful architecture of the country—and, significantly, its buildings are among the nation’s very oldest. Each house exemplifies its style, which range from early colonial Pilgrim, Puritan, and Shaker, to later Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival. With richly crafted interiors formed from old woods, fine plasterwork, thoughtfully set beams, brick, and stonework, the houses return us to a more gracious time when the simple pleasures of staying at home were paramount, a time to which many of us,
"You’ll love the latest release from book publisher, Rizzoli… Old Homes of New England: Historic Houses in Clapboard, Shingle and Stone is quite simply one of the best written, most beautifully photographed books ever published on the subject." This Old House