English Historic Carpentry

by Cecil A. Hewett

Overview

Documents the structure of the world's greatest timber buildings, and shows how the framer's craft has evolved over the past 1,000 years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780941936415
Publisher:	Linden Publishing
Publication date:	10/28/1997
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Editorial Reviews

For each period of English architecture, the author discusses several historic timber buildings representative of the time. He concludes that timber buildings can be dated based on the techniques employed for their construction. Includes some 380 line drawings, many of joinery. Appends chronological lists of the buildings' structural joints and decorative features, each of which is briefly described and illustrated by a drawing. A reprint of the 1980 Phillimore book. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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