UID:
edocfu_9960117264402883
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 439 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78204-457-4
Series Statement:
Society for Post Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series ; v.Volume 9
Content:
During the last forty years, South-West England has been the focus of some of the most significant work on the early modern house and household in Britain. Its remarkable wealth of vernacular buildings has been the object of much attention, while the area has also seen productive excavations of early modern household goods, shedding new light on domestic history. This collection of papers, written by many of the leading specialists in these fields, presents a number of essays summarizing the overall understanding of particular themes and places, alongside case studies which publish some of the most remarkable discoveries. They include the extraordinary survival of wall-hangings in a South Devon farm, the discovery of painted rooms in an Elizabethan town house, and a study of a table-setting mirrored on its ceiling. Also considered are forms of decoration which seem specific to particular areas of the West Country houses. Taken together, the papers offer a holistic view of the household in the early modern period. John Allan is Consultant Archaeologist to the Dean & Chapter of Exeter Cathedral; Nat Alcock is Emeritus Reader in the Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick; David Dawson is an independent archaeologist and museum and heritage consultant. Contributors: Ann Adams, Nat Alcock, John Allan, James Ayres, Stuart Blaylock, Peter Brears, Tania Manuel Casimiro, Cynthia Cramp, Christopher Green, Oliver Kent, Kate Osborne, Richard Parker, Isabel Richardson, John Schofield, Eddie Sinclair, John R.L. Thorp, Hugh Wilmott.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; I The Form and Development of West Country Houses; 1 The Development of the Vernacular House in South-West England, 1500-1700; 2 The Transformation of the Building Stock of Exeter, 1450-1700; 3 The Appearances of Godolphin, Cornwall, c. 1300-c. 1630; 4 Boiling Furnaces, Smoking Chambers and Malt Kilns in West Country Households; II The Decoration of West Country Houses; 5 The Polychrome-Decorated Plank-and-Muntin Screen at Marker's Cottage, Broadclyst, Devon, and its Context
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6 The Interior Decoration of an Elizabethan Merchant's House: the Evidence from 41-2 High Street, Exeter7 Sgraffito-Decorated and Painted Plaster on Devon Fireplaces; 8 North Devon Relief-Decorated Ceramics in the Household; 9 The Stained Hangings at Yarde Farm, Malborough, South Devon; III The Material Culture of West Country Households; 10 Culinary Artefacts in West Country Households, 1550-1700: Form, Function and Nomenclature; 11 The Archaeology of the West Country Bronze Foundries; 12 Cast Bronze Cooking Pots in England, 1500-1720; 13 Table Glass in the West Country Home, c. 1500-1700
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14 Portuguese Faience in South-West England15 Dinner on the Ceiling: the 17th-Century Plasterwork at 144 Fore Street, Exeter; 16 Pots and Texts: Understanding Pots in Use; 17 Presenting an Elizabethan Interior: the Reinterpretation of St Nicholas Priory, Exeter; Index of People and Places; Index of Subjects
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84383-994-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781782044574
