Georgian Architectural Designs and Details presuppositions

presuppositions

Featuring 60 full-color plates

contains references to every etcher or engraver worthy of mention from the early fifteenth century to 1914

it has survived for 75 years

and Colonial

Georgian Architectural Designs and Details presuppositionsAmong the 18th century's most influential architectural designers and writers, Abraham Swan defined many conventions of English rococo detail. This reprint of an extremely rare and classic stylebook, compiled by the English architect nearly 250 years ago, provides outstanding examples of Palladian and Georgian architecture and design in colonial America and England. Included are floor plans, detailed elevations, and drawings for cornices, mouldings,