Irreplaceable Artifacts

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whether it's a charming stone carving, a handsome wooden bracket, or colorful terra-cotta tiles, architectural elements from nineteenth- and twentieth-century buildings are now readily available and wonderfully appealing. The question is, how do you use them in the home? With more than 150 full-color photographs. Irreplaceable Artifacts offers a wealth of creative solutions to this question, along with expert information on buying, restoring, and maintaining ornament, sources, and an extensive bibliography.
Irreplaceable Artifacts
DECORATING THE HOME
WITH ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT
Evan Blum and Leslie Blum
Antique shops, flea markets, and salvage yards everywhere offer fine examples of the art of building from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beautiful terra-cotta tiles, stone gargoyles, ornamental metalwork, carved wooden paneling, classic fixtures— they are all easily available today They are absolutely wonderful, but what do you do with them?
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whether it's a charming stone carving, a handsome wooden bracket, or colorful terra-cotta tiles, architectural elements from nineteenth- and twentieth-century buildings are now readily available and wonderfully appealing. The question is, how do you use them in the home? With more than 150 full-color photographs. Irreplaceable Artifacts offers a wealth of creative solutions to this question, along with expert information on buying, restoring, and maintaining ornament, sources, and an extensive bibliography.
Irreplaceable Artifacts
DECORATING THE HOME
WITH ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT
Evan Blum and Leslie Blum
Antique shops, flea markets, and salvage yards everywhere offer fine examples of the art of building from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beautiful terra-cotta tiles, stone gargoyles, ornamental metalwork, carved wooden paneling, classic fixtures— they are all easily available today They are absolutely wonderful, but what do you do with them?
Iireplaceable Artifacts answers this question and offers countless examples of new and creative uses for architectural ornament as art, as furniture, and as functional elements such as room dividers. Gorgeous photographs and insightful text offer both guidance and inspiration, covering myriad options for re-using metal, stone, wood, glass, and composite artifacts. A sixteen-page resources section provides expert information on buying, restoring, and maintaining ornament, along with sources in the United States and Europe, and an extensive bibliography
Whether it's using two stone columns as a table base or framing a mirror with a stunning old window surround, Iireplaceable Artifacts reveals a wealth of options for those yearning to add the beauty and craftsmanship of architectural elements to their home. Vissza