The Terracotta Revival: Building Innovation and the Image of the Industrial City in Britain and North America
London: Victor Gollancz / Peter Crawley, 1993. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, blue & color illus. dust jacket, 256 pp., 199 BW illus. & 38 color illus. VG- (First page carries lavish signature of architect-former owner; slight foxing on book block edges; pages are clean.). Item #151629
ISBN: 0575054336
"Examines the revival of terracotta over the last two hundred years, in the context of changing attitudes to decoration and the evolution of building construction in Britain and North America. ... Through photographs of decorative facades and sculptural detail in terracotta and faience in Europe, America and Asia and of modern schemes on both sides of the Atlantic, the book gives inspiration as well as an insight into the technicalities of making an using terracotta and faience. The final chapter covers conservation practice in terms of cleaning, consolidation and remanufacture." (dj).
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