Victorian Domestic Architectural Plans and Details: 734 Scale Drawings of Doorways. Windows. Staircases. Moldings. Cornices. and Other Elements (Dov

Victorian architecture with its quirky diversity eclectic origins and exuberant ornamentation continues to exert a strong attraction on today's architects builders and homeowners. For those interested in restoring preserving or even re-creating Victorian homes authentic plans and designs are invaluable. This volume meticulously reproduced from a rare nineteenth-century publication offers an exceptionally rich pictorial record of actual mid- to late-Victorian designs.Extremely clear and detailed engravings — drawn to scale — present elevations floor plans perspectives and other drawings (in some cases complete framing plans) for country houses and cottages in a variety of styles: Queen Anne Eastlake Elizabethan Colonial Jacobean Southern Californian and more. There are even designs for several store and office fronts with counters shelving etc.Supplementing the large number of complete designs are nearly 700 large-scale drawings of virtually every architectural detail many embodying the unique gingerbread that characterizes Victorian buildings. Included are clear precise renderings of balusters brackets dormers fireplaces finials gables mantels moldings newels porches rafters rosettes staircases transoms verandahs wainscoting windows and hundreds of other features.Restorers of old houses preservationists students of American architectural history admirers of Victoriana and anyone interested in the Victorian Gothic styles that dominated American domestic architecture in the late 1800s will want to have this inexpensive treasury of authentic century-old plans and details.

Series: Dover Architecture

Paperback: 96 pages

Publisher: Dover Publications; Dover ed edition (September 1 1987)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0486254429

ISBN-13: 978-0486254425

Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 0.2 x 12.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces