Overview

Interior Finishes & Fittings for Historic Building Conservation complements Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation, combining the history and application of each material with current knowledge of maintenance and conservation techniques. Of direct practical application in the field, it takes the reader through the process of conserving historic interior finishes, covering everything from decorative plasterwork, joinery and paint colour; to chimneypieces, lighting and fire safety management. The series is particularly aimed at construction professionals – architects, decorative arts historians and specifiers, surveyors, engineers – as well as postgraduate building conservation students and undergraduate architects and surveyors as specialist or optional course reading. The series is also of value to other professional groups such as commissioning client bodies, managers and advisors, and interested individuals involved in house refurbishment or setting up a building preservation trust. While there is a focus on UK practice, most of the content is of relevance overseas (just as UK conservation courses attract many overseas students, for example from India, China, Australia and the USA). The chapters are written by leading conservators, historians, architects, and related professionals, who together reflect the interdisciplinary nature of conservation work. This volume on the historic interior is the fourth of a series on Historic Building Conservation that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials and structural and constructional conservation techniques and technology: Understanding Historic Building Conservation Structures & Construction in Historic Building Conservation Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation Interior Finishes & Fittings for Historic Building Conservation While substantial publications exist on each of the subject areas - some by the authors of the Historic Building Conservation series - few individuals and practices have ready access to all of these or the time to read them in detail. The aim of the series is to introduce each aspect of conservation and to provide concise, basic and up-to-date knowledge within four volumes, sufficient for the professional to appreciate the subject better and to know where to seek further help.

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Author:   Michael Forsyth (Furniture and Interiors Historian) ,  Lisa White
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 19.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781405190220

ISBN 10:   1405190221
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   21 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface viii Contributors x 1. Conservation of the historic interior 1 Michael Forsyth Introduction 1 The presentation of historic interiors 1 Managing change 3 Building history and understanding significance 4 ‘Reading’ the classical interior 6 The fall and rise of craftsmanship 6 Joinery detailing: a case study 7 Finding ‘forgotten spaces’ 8 Conclusion 9 2. Stone floors 11 Lisa White Introduction 11 Materials 11 Floors 12 3. Cantilever or hanging stone stairs 19 Ian Hume How do they work? 19 Landings 21 Sources of problems 21 Investigation 22 Repairs 22 Load testing 23 Timber cantilever stairs 23 Conclusion 24 4. Decorative plasterwork: materials and methods 25 David Bostwick Introduction 25 Materials 26 Methods 28 Ceiling construction 32 Design 33 Finishes 34 Significance 37 5. Woodwork 41 Lisa White Introduction: timber 41 Floors 42 Staircases 45 Panelling 49 Doors and doorcases 54 Architectural woodwork details 58 6. Metalwork and gilding 61 Lisa White Introduction 61 Staircases and balustrades 62 Architectural metal furniture 67 Gilding 72 7. Chimneypieces 77 Lisa White Introduction: early chimneypieces 77 Early chimney furniture 80 Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century developments 80 Firegrates and chimney furniture 85 Victorian style 87 8. Wallpaper 93 Treve Rosoman Introduction 93 A brief history of wallpaper 93 Making hand-blocked wallpaper 94 Hand block printing 95 Designing wallpaper 98 The selling of wallpaper 98 Where and how to hang wallpaper 99 Dating and identifying wallpaper 102 9. Textiles 105 Annabel Westman Introduction 105 Wall hangings 107 Window curtains 113 Floor coverings 117 Conservation 121 Glossary 122 10. Ceramic and glass 125 Lisa White Early floor tiles 125 Tin-glazed earthenware or Delft tiles 127 Victorian tiles 129 Glass 132 Mirror glass 138 11. The impact of historic lighting 143 Lisa White Introduction 143 Providing artificial light 143 Managing artificial light 148 The impact of artificial light 154 The impact of technological change 156 Conclusion 160 12. Paint colour and paintwork 163 Patrick Baty Conservation projects 163 Traditional paint 164 Care when specifying 167 Lead as an exterior paint 168 Distemper 169 13. Recreating historic schemes of interior decoration 173 James Finlay Research 173 Recreating and interpreting historic schemes 183 House versus home 184 Conclusion 185 14. Environment in the historic interior 187 David Drewe Introduction 187 Considerations with respect to people, collections and the building fabric 187 Heating 190 The options 192 Maintenance and statutory requirements 194 Conclusion 194 15. Fire safety in Georgian houses 197 Peter Norris Introduction: legislation and guidance 197 Fire protection 198 Fire-resisting doors 200 Code-compliant solutions to fi re safety and means of escape 201 Flat conversions 201 Fire engineering 205 Mixed-use buildings containing living accommodation 210 BS9999: 2008 Code of practice for fi re safety in the design, construction and use of buildings 210 Conclusion 211 Index 213

Reviews

This volume enriches the excellence established by its predecessors ... This book references tons of good stuff, which all who operate in the conservation field should read over Christmas. (BD Building Design, 16 December 2011)

Michael Forsyth & Lisa White's Interior Finishes & Fittings for Historic Building Conservation, is an expert introduction to every aspect of the historic interior from wallpapers, paints and textiles to lighting and fire safety. (The Times, 24 December 2011) This volume enriches the excellence established by its predecessors ... This book references tons of good stuff, which all who operate in the conservation field should read over Christmas. (BD Building Design, 16 December 2011)

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Michael Graham de Jong Forsyth, Director of Studies in Conservation of Historic Buildings, University of Bath.

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