Interior Finishes & Fittings for Historic Building
Conservation complements Materials & Skills for Historic
Building Conservation, combining the history and application of
each material with current knowledge of maintenance and
conservation techniques. Of direct practical application in the
field, it takes the reader through the process of conserving
historic interior finishes, covering everything from decorative
plasterwork, joinery and paint colour; to chimneypieces, lighting
and fire safety management.
The series is particularly aimed at construction professionals
– architects, decorative arts historians and specifiers,
surveyors, engineers – as well as postgraduate building
conservation students and undergraduate architects and surveyors as
specialist or optional course reading. The series is also of value
to other professional groups such as commissioning client bodies,
managers and advisors, and interested individuals involved in house
refurbishment or setting up a building preservation trust. While
there is a focus on UK practice, most of the content is of
relevance overseas (just as UK conservation courses attract many
overseas students, for example from India, China, Australia and the
USA).
The chapters are written by leading conservators, historians,
architects, and related professionals, who together reflect the
interdisciplinary nature of conservation work.
This volume on the historic interior is the fourth of a series
on Historic Building Conservation that combine conservation
philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional
materials and structural and constructional conservation techniques
and technology:
* Understanding Historic Building Conservation
* Structures & Construction in Historic Building
Conservation
* Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation
* Interior Finishes & Fittings for Historic Building
Conservation
While substantial publications exist on each of the subject
areas – some by the authors of the Historic Building Conservation
series – few individuals and practices have ready access to all of
these or the time to read them in detail. The aim of the series is
to introduce each aspect of conservation and to provide concise,
basic and up-to-date knowledge within four volumes, sufficient for
the professional to appreciate the subject better and to know where
to seek further help.
Tabla de materias
Preface viii
Contributors x
1. Conservation of the historic interior 1
Michael Forsyth
Introduction 1
The presentation of historic interiors 1
Managing change 3
Building history and understanding significance 4
‘Reading’ the classical interior 6
The fall and rise of craftsmanship 6
Joinery detailing: a case study 7
Finding ‘forgotten spaces’ 8
Conclusion 9
2. Stone floors 11
Lisa White
Introduction 11
Materials 11
Floors 12
3. Cantilever or hanging stone stairs 19
Ian Hume
How do they work? 19
Landings 21
Sources of problems 21
Investigation 22
Repairs 22
Load testing 23
Timber cantilever stairs 23
Conclusion 24
4. Decorative plasterwork: materials and methods 25
David Bostwick
Introduction 25
Materials 26
Methods 28
Ceiling construction 32
Design 33
Finishes 34
Significance 37
5. Woodwork 41
Lisa White
Introduction: timber 41
Floors 42
Staircases 45
Panelling 49
Doors and doorcases 54
Architectural woodwork details 58
6. Metalwork and gilding 61
Lisa White
Introduction 61
Staircases and balustrades 62
Architectural metal furniture 67
Gilding 72
7. Chimneypieces 77
Lisa White
Introduction: early chimneypieces 77
Early chimney furniture 80
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century developments 80
Firegrates and chimney furniture 85
Victorian style 87
8. Wallpaper 93
Treve Rosoman
Introduction 93
A brief history of wallpaper 93
Making hand-blocked wallpaper 94
Hand block printing 95
Designing wallpaper 98
The selling of wallpaper 98
Where and how to hang wallpaper 99
Dating and identifying wallpaper 102
9. Textiles 105
Annabel Westman
Introduction 105
Wall hangings 107
Window curtains 113
Floor coverings 117
Conservation 121
Glossary 122
10. Ceramic and glass 125
Lisa White
Early floor tiles 125
Tin-glazed earthenware or Delft tiles 127
Victorian tiles 129
Glass 132
Mirror glass 138
11. The impact of historic lighting 143
Lisa White
Introduction 143
Providing artificial light 143
Managing artificial light 148
The impact of artificial light 154
The impact of technological change 156
Conclusion 160
12. Paint colour and paintwork 163
Patrick Baty
Conservation projects 163
Traditional paint 164
Care when specifying 167
Lead as an exterior paint 168
Distemper 169
13. Recreating historic schemes of interior decoration 173
James Finlay
Research 173
Recreating and interpreting historic schemes 183
House versus home 184
Conclusion 185
14. Environment in the historic interior 187
David Drewe
Introduction 187
Considerations with respect to people, collections and the building fabric 187
Heating 190
The options 192
Maintenance and statutory requirements 194
Conclusion 194
15. Fire safety in Georgian houses 197
Peter Norris
Introduction: legislation and guidance 197
Fire protection 198
Fire-resisting doors 200
Code-compliant solutions to fi re safety and means of escape 201
Flat conversions 201
Fire engineering 205
Mixed-use buildings containing living accommodation 210
BS9999: 2008 Code of practice for fi re safety in the design, construction and use of buildings 210
Conclusion 211
Index 213
Sobre el autor
Michael Graham de Jong Forsyth, Director of Studies in Conservation of Historic Buildings, University of Bath.
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