Building reputations : architecture and the artisan, 1750-1830 / Conor Lucey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucey, Conor, author.

Series:

Studies in design and material culture

Studies in design & material culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Row houses--History--18th century.

Row houses.

Row houses--History--19th century.

Architects and builders--History--18th century.

Architects and builders.

Architects and builders--History--19th century.

Brick houses--History--18th century.

Brick houses.

Brick houses--History--19th century.

Architecture and society--History--18th century.

Architecture and society.

Architecture and society--History--19th century.

Building--Social aspects--History--18th century.

Building.

Building--Social aspects--History--19th century.

Building--Social aspects.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 244 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Contents:

1 Building reputations: a genteel life in trade p. 26

2 Designing houses: the façade and the architecture of street and square p. 75

3 Decorating houses: style, taste and the business of decoration p. 122

4 Building sales: advertising and the property market p. 168.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-232) and index.

ISBN:

1526119943

9781526119940

OCLC:

1004129287