Format:
295 pages
,
illustrations (chiefly color)
,
26 cm
ISBN:
9781846826382
,
1846826381
Content:
Organization and management -- Eighteenth-century building contracts -- Carpentry -- Joinery -- The timber trade -- Wall construction -- The introduction of brickwork -- Stone : its acquisition and use -- The roofing trades : the work of the slater and the plumber -- The glazier and the development of eighteenth-century window patterns -- Plastering and stuccowork -- Painting
Note:
Based on the author's PhD thesis, Studies in eighteenth-century building history, Trinity College Dublin, 1998
,
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Irland
;
Bauwesen
;
Geschichte 1700-1799
