Garden Houses and Privies : Authentic Details for Design and Restoration

Garden Houses and Privies : Authentic Details for Design and Restoration

Editorial Reviews Book Description An essential component of homes and commercial buildings before the advent of indoor plumbing, privies--also known as "garden houses"--have found new uses as storage sheds, pool houses, etc. In this pattern book of 18th- and 19th-century designs, Harrison has painstakingly documented existing historic structures and translated them into beautiful line drawings, including compelling details such as finials, doors, windows, and ventilators. Download Description An essential component of homes and commercial buildings before the advent of indoor plumbing, privies--also known as "garden houses"--have found new uses as storage sheds, pool houses, etc. In this pattern book of 18th- and 19th-century designs, Harrison has painstakingly documented existing historic structures and translated them into beautiful line drawings, including compelling details such as finials, doors, windows, and ventilators. --This text refers to the Digital edition. Garden Houses and Privies : Authentic Details for Design and Restoration

Garden Houses and Privies : Authentic Details for Design and Restoration,Peter Joel Harrison,Wiley,0471203327,Architecture,Design & Drafting,Domestic,Historic Preservation,History - General,Architecture / History,Landscape art & architecture

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