The British architect: or, The builder's treasury of stair-cases. Containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders ... II. Likewise stair-cases ... III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces ... V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry ... The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved ... on sixty folio copper-plates. By Abraham Swan, carpenter.

Book

Gunston Hall

Title Page

Name/Title

The British architect: or, The builder's treasury of stair-cases. Containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders ... II. Likewise stair-cases ... III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces ... V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry ... The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved ... on sixty folio copper-plates. By Abraham Swan, carpenter.

Entry/Object ID

NA2517 .S9 1745

Description

Volume of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect: or, The Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases." which was published in London in 1745. Contains an introduction, general descriptions, and 60 plates of illustrated examples (20 pages + 60 plates). The book covers methods of drawing the five orders (including their columns and capitals), staircases, arches, doors, windows, chimney-pieces, corbels, shields, decorations, and rules of carpentry (including the truss'd roof and soffits). viii, 20 p. LX plates. 41 cm.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Architecture -- Early works to 1800., Stair building., Staircases.

Dimensions

Height

2.4 cm

Width

26 cm

Length

41.9 cm

Provenance

Notes

GH2B

Interpretative Labels

Label

NA2517 .S9 1745