Gingerbread Gems: Victorian Architecture of Oak Bluffs

Автор: Tina Skinner
Название: Gingerbread Gems: Victorian Architecture of Cape May
ISBN: 076431971X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764319716
Издательство: Schiffer
Рейтинг:
Цена: 22980.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Cape May has a visual smorgasbord of Victorian architecture and ornamentation, adorned with sparkling coats of colorful paint. Gorgeous examples of Carpenter Gothic, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Edwardian, American Bracketed Villa, and Stick Styles are presented in color, most dating from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, and all dripping with finely cut wood bric-a-brac. Work by celebrated national architects Samuel Sloan and Frank Furness is featured, along with the areas premier local designer, Stephen Decatur Button. This picture-packed volume of summer cottages and guesthouses is a treasured souvenir for all who have visited New Jerseys southern cape, and an indispensable reference for enthusiasts of Victorian era architecture and exterior ornamentation.

Автор: Michele Palmer
Название: Gingerbread Gems of Willimantic, Connecticut
ISBN: 0764326031 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764326035
Издательство: Schiffer
Рейтинг:
Цена: 22980.00 T
Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From tiny cottages in a turn-of-the-century camp meeting ground to grand mansions on the hill, the classic New England mill town of Willimantic, in northeast Connecticut, abounds with Victorian architecture. It boasts the greatest number of Victorian homes per capita on the East Coast, and all the major styles are represented: Carpenter Gothic, Queen Anne, Stick, Italianate, and Second Empire. Enjoy details of porches and porticos, doors and windows, towers and gables, all carefully preserved in colorful splendor. Over 175 photographs showcase this charming place, which is enjoying a renaissance based on its Victorian architecture and reflected in its new nickname, "Romantic Willimantic."