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Our colonial ancestors knew how to build houses as well as
constitutions. It may even be that they built the one as enduringly
as the other, for many of their mansions still stand, firm in joist
and beam, having required in nearly two centuries no more serious
repairs than shingles and paint. As the Constitution did not
spring, a magic structure, fresh from the minds of its builders,
but was a welding together of ideas as old as the Magna Carta, so
the style of architecture known as Colonial was not a new creation
but an adaptation of the Georgian to new material and new social
conditions. While there were no architects among our early
ancestors, there were master builders who had served apprenticeship
to the creators of the manor houses of Georgian England or of the
small chateaux of France. Accustomed to work lavishly in stone and
brick, these master builders adapted their methods to wood and
unconsciously developed the style we know as Colonial. They kept
the type pure whether they applied it to the mansion of the East
Indian merchants of New England or to the hospitable home of the
owners of the plantations of Virginia and the Carolinas, but in
detail they yielded to climate and personality. In this volume,
Imogen Oakley meticulously examines the historical climate and the
personalities that influenced the construction of six examples of
colonial architecture-three in New England and one each in New
York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland: The Moffatt-Ladd House,
Portsmouth, New Hampshire The Quincy Mansion, Quincy, Massachusetts
The Webb House, Wethersfield, Connecticut The Jumel House, New
York, New York Stenton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mount Clare,
Baltimore, Maryland By relating the character of the homesteads as
they stand today to the circumstances under which they were built
and the personalities who built and occupied them, the author
illuminates these monuments of our American past and demonstrates
the relationship of their design to their function. In addition,
she traces the history of these homes and shows how it happened
that they still stand today, their interior decor completely
preserved in every detail. With the aid of over twenty photographs,
the reader is able to gain an intimate view of many of the
magnificent rooms that grace these famous old mansions. This volume
represents a valuable and entertaining contribution to American
colonial history and the study of an architectural style that has
withstood the vicissitudes of time and taste. It will also prove of
great interest to the antique enthusiast, who will be able to see
many of the finest examples of colonial interior design in their
original setting and thus gain a picture of a style of living that
reflects the unique personality of a hardy and practical society
and which compares favorably with so much of what has grown up
around and threatened to displace it.
This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1950 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1951 edition.
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Philadelphia (Paperback)
Horace Mather Lippincott; Illustrated by Thornton Oakley
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R929
Discovery Miles 9 290
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Out of stock
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This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.
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Philadelphia (Hardcover)
Horace Mather Lippincott; Illustrated by Thornton Oakley
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R1,272
Discovery Miles 12 720
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