Moving Rooms: The Trade in Architectural Salvages

by John Harris

Since at least Tudor times there have been architectural salvages: panelling, chimney pieces, doorways, or any fixtures and fittings might be removed from an old interior to be replaced by more fashionable ones. Not surprisingly a trade developed and architects, builders, masons, and sculptors sought out these salvages. By 1820 there was a growing profession of brokers and dealers in London, and a century later antique shops were commonplace throughout...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300124201
• ISBN13: 9780300124200
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.9" x 10.2"