Brent Hull

Historic Millwork

A Guide to Restoring and Recreating Doors, Windows, and Mouldings of the Late Nineteenth through Mid-Twentieth Centuries

• Buch mit Leinen-Einband

Produktbeschreibung

Millwork refers to wood items such as doors, windows, moldings, built-in cabinetry, and panelling that is manufactured by use of a planing mill. This guide provides useful information on restoring and recreating historic millwork, including doors, windows, moldings, and cabinetry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WILEY & SONS
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 285mm x 215mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9780471416227
• ISBN-10: 0471416223
• Artikelnr.: 11428598

Autorenporträt

BRENT HULL is the founder of Hull Historical Millwork, a millwork firm specializing in the restoration and preservation of historic homes and commercial buildings. A recognized expert on American historic millwork, he teaches courses on preservation, speaks frequently at restoration and preservation conferences, and writes for a variety of magazines and journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Chapter One: Wood and Historic
Millwork. Chapter Two: Doors. Chapter Three: Windows. Chapter Four:
Moldings. Chapter Five: Cabinets, Store Fixtures, and Built-Ins. Chapter
Six: Short-Lived Millwork Items. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

Rezensionen

"The information in Historic Millwork is useful, the illustrations are charming and the book has many helpful tables." ( Traditional Building , July/August 2003)