Name/Title
PERIOD DETAILS: A Sourcebook for House RestorationEntry/Object ID
2025.102.1Description
The greatest pleasure in buying an old or historic house is the opportunity to rediscover its original character by restoring features that have been covered up, destroyed, or removed over the years. The key to successfully restoring a period style is attention to detail. An expensive restoration of a fireplace can be negated by an anachronistic mantel. And there is little point in carefully renovating a staircase using balusters of one period and a handrail of another.
Period Details is the first comprehensive pictorial guide to the styles, materials, fixtures, and fittings essential to successful period restoration.
This visual encyclopedia, made up of almost 1,000 clear, coherently arranged photographs, covers a vast range of period features from knockers to cor-nices, wallpapers to flagstones, window catches to wall brackets. Every room in the house, as well as the garden and exterior, is covered. Included is practical, commonsense advice on how to restore particular features (such as sash windows and wooden floors) and how to achieve an authentic period feel without abandoning the requirements of contemporary living. And for homeowners who are unable to obtain originals, here is valuable information on how to find the best reproduction features.
With an authoritative foreword by designer Mario Buatta and a unique resource directory, which lists specialist architects and designers, sup-pliers, restorers, and manufacturers, Period Details is an essential resource for anyone planning or undertaking a restoration.Create Date
May 24, 2025
