West Country Households, 1500-1700 (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Allan, John; Dawson, David; Alcock, Nat

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Produktbeschreibung

Essays on the development of the post-medieval house, its contents and decoration. 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 muchattention, 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 EmeritusReader 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,

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782044574
• Artikelnr.: 56545214

Autorenporträt

John Allan, Nat Alcock, David Dawson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The development of the vernacular house in South
West England, 1500
1700
Nat Alcock The transformation of the building stock of Exeter, 1450
1700
Richard Parker and John Allan The appearances of Godolphin, 1300
1630
John Schofield Boiling furnaces, smoking chambers and malt kilns in West Country households
Peter Brears The polychrome
decorated plank
and
muntin screen at Marker's Cottage, Broadclyst, Devon, and its context
Eddie Sinclair The polychrome
decorated plank
and
muntin screen at Marker's Cottage, Broadclyst, Devon, and its context
Isabel Richardson The interior decoration of an Elizabethan merchant's house: the evidence from 41
2 High Street, Exeter
John R.L. Thorp Sgraffito
decorated and painted plaster on Devon fireplaces
Ann Adams North Devon relief
decorated ceramics in the household
Cynthia Cramp The stained hangings at Yarde Farm, Malborough, south Devon
James Ayres Culinary artefacts in West Country households, 1550
1700: form, function and nomenclature
Peter Brears The archaeology of the West Country bronze foundries
Stuart Blaylock Cast bronze cooking pots in England, 1500
1720
Christopher Green Table glass in the West Country home, c. 1500
1700
Hugh Willmott Portuguese faience in South
West England
Tânia Manuel Casimiro Dinner on the ceiling: the 17th
century plasterwork at 144 Fore Street, Exeter
Peter Brears Pots and texts: understanding pots in use
Oliver Kent Presenting an Elizabethan interior: the reinterpretation of St Nicholas Priory, Exeter
Kate Osborne Presenting an Elizabethan interior: the reinterpretation of St Nicholas Priory, Exeter
John Allan