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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Tutton , James CampbellPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 1.158kg ISBN: 9781138121157ISBN 10: 1138121150 Pages: 412 Publication Date: 17 March 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContributors Acknowledgements Preface Introduction James W. P. Campbell and Michael Tutton PART ONE: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND DATING 1 A Introduction to the Development of the Door and its Decoratin from its Beginning to the End of the Middles Ages Michael Tutton 2 The Historical Development of the Door from the Middle Ages to the Present Day James W. P Campbell 3 Dating Doors by their Details (1550-1850) Linda Hall 4 Hinges as an aid to authentication and dating Adam Menuge 5 The Survey and Scientific Dating of Doors Caroline Hardie PART TWO: DESIGN AND ENGINEERING 6 The Design, Geometry, Accessibility and Safety of Door James W P Campbell 7 Engineering and the Design of Doors David Yeomans PART THREE: CONSERVTAION AND REPAIR 8 Conservation and Repair of Historic Timber doors Ian McCraig 9 The Conservation and Reapir of Bronze Doors Lucy Branch 10 Repair and Conservation of Stone Door Surrounds Tom Flemons 11 The Conservation and Reapir of Locks Richard Taylor 12 Maintenance and Cleaning of Historic Doors Adam Menuge Glossary Bibliography IndexReviewsTutton, Campbell and colleagues have a produced a text on doors unlike any that now exists. It gives a comprehensive history of the door, deals with the fundamentals of construction, design and detailing, and deals with every aspect of conservation. - Professor Miles Lewis, Architectural Historian, Melbourne Doors is the first comprehensive study of a subject that will interest all those, from conservation architects to historians, who work professionally with these indispensable everyday objects. An impressive array of leading experts, including conservators, craftsmen, scholars and archaeologists, and several who are all of these, present here in lucid and readable chapters an account of the history of known doors, their details and ironmongery, construction, engineering and restoration, with many fascinating case studies drawn from the authors' own experience. - Timothy Brittain-Catlin, Reader in Architecture, University of Kent Author InformationJames W.P. Campbell MA, PhD, FSA, IHBC RIBA, is currently the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge and the Seear Fellow in Architecture and History of Art at Queens’ College, Cambridge. He is chairman of the Construction History Society and on the editorial panel of the Journal of Architectural Conservation. His previous books include Brick: A World History (2003), Building St Paul’s (2007), The Library: A World History (2013) and in the current series he co-edited with Michael Tutton Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation (2014). Michael Tutton, FSA, IHBC, has some 30 years' experience, largely in the construction industry, working principally on historic buildings as a site manager, clerk of works and consultant. He is past chairman of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and is a Trustee of the Construction History Society. He currently divides his time as assistant architectural adviser to Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust and as an independent scholar writing and editing. He is co-editor of the two previous books in this series, Windows: History, Repair and Conservation, with Elizabeth Hirst and Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation, with James W. P. Campbell. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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