Name/Title
The Practical House Carpenter, or, Youth's Instructor: Containing a Great Variety of Useful Designs in Carpentry and Architecture ...Entry/Object ID
2013.002.106Description
Contains designs for carpentry and architecture: "As centering for groins, niches, etc. Examples for roofs, sky-lights, etc. The five orders laid down by a new scale. Mouldings, etc., at large, with their enrichments. Plans, elevations, and sections of houses for town and country, lodges, hot-houses, green-houses, stables, etc. Design for a church, with plan, elevation, and two sections, an altar-piece, and pulpit. Designs for chimney-pieces, shop-fronts, door-cases. Section of a dining room and library. Variety of stair-cases, with many other important articles and useful embellishments. To which is added, a list of prices for materials and labour, labour only, and day prices.
Photocopy of the book.
v, [30], 35 p., [152] leaves of plates : chiefly ill., plans (photocopy)Collection
Pamphlets, Guidebooks, Reports, Theses/DissertationsAcquisition
Accession
2013.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2013)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Architecture--Early works to 1800, Building--Early works to 1800, Carpentry--Early works to 1800Other Names and Numbers
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Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
P376Book Details
Author
Pain, William, 1730-1790Edition
6th ed., correctedPublisher
S.n.Date Published
1799Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Location
Shelf
Books-PamphletsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By William Pain.
"Printed for J. Taylor, at the architecture library"--T.p.Created By
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May 28, 2013Updated By
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January 22, 2016