Survey of Early American Design

Name/Title

Survey of Early American Design

Entry/Object ID

2015.002.089

Secondary Title

Architectural Treasures of Early America: Volume 1

Description

From material originally published as The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown. Contents: Early wooden architecture in Andover, Massachusetts -- New England inns and taverns -- Interior woodwork in New England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- A comparative study of a group of early American ornamental cornices, part one -- A comparative study of a group of early American ornamental cornices, part two -- Charleston doorways: entrance motives from a South Carolina city -- A group of eastern Massachusetts vestibules -- Examples if interior doors and doorways from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Some interior arched openings found in northeastern colonial work -- Some low mantels and fireplace enframements principally of the beginning of the nineteenth century -- Some New England paneled room ends from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries -- Some examples of corner cupboards generally of early design and construction. Also includes "Series Preface" by Roy Underhill. 240 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2015.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2015)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Architecture, Colonial--United States, Architecture--United States, Architecture--Details

Book Details

Author

Mullins, Lisa C., Whitehead, Russell F. (Russell Fenimore), 1884-1954 Brown, Frank Chouteau, 1876-1947

Series

Architectural Treasures of Early America

Publisher

National Historical Society

Place Published

Location

Harrisburg, PA

Date Published

circa 1987

Call No.

NA707 .S94 1987

ISBN

091867820X

LCCN

87007442

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Edited by Lisa C. Mullins; preface by Roy Underhill. Architectural Treasures of Early America ; 1.

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Create Date

December 8, 2015

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023