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| Genre/Form: | History |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jane Fawcett |
| ISBN: | 9780750654524 075065452X 9780750627658 0750627654 |
| OCLC Number: | 1012709598 |
| Notes: | Originally published: 1998. "Published in association with ICOMOS UK (International Council on Monuments and Sites) with the generous assistance of the Manifold Trust and Historic Scotland." |
| Description: | xix, 250 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Decorated pavements and floor monuments in European cathedrals and churches / Jane Fawcett -- The archaeology of church and cathedral floors / Warwick Rodwell -- The two great marble pavements in the sanctuary and shrine areas of Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey / Tim Tatton-Brown -- Archaeological research: Canterbury Cathedral nave floor / Kevin Blockley -- Ledger stones, documentary sources: York Minster / Bernard Barr -- York Minster ledger stones: conservation options / Charles Brown -- The surveyor's approach to recording floors / Ross W.A. Dallas -- Photographic recording of floor surfaces and components / Robert Skingle -- The retrieval of damaged inscriptions through remote sensing techniques / Christopher J. Brooke -- The preservation of the records of historic floors / Mark Dorrington -- Records and computerization / Diana Hale -- Winchester Cathedral: conserving the retrochoir pavement / Peter Bird -- Use and abuse: management and good practice in cathedrals and greater churches / Jane Fawcett -- Secular buildings: tile, mosaic and marble pavements, parquetry floors and carpets / Jane Fawcett -- The conservation of the excavated floor / Daryl Fowler -- Seventeenth-century and later floors at Ham House / Christopher Rowell -- Historic floors at risk: Uppark, a case study / Iain McLaren -- Encaustic pavements, conservation, protection and replacement issues: The Palace of Westminster / A.T. Jardine -- Historic floors at risk: St George's Hall, Liverpool / Donald Insall -- The open house -- the management of visitors / Christopher Hanson-Smith -- English cathedral floor studies -- historic features and areas at risk / Jane Fawcett. |
| Series Title: | Butterworth-Heinemann series in conservation and museology. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Jane Fawcett. |
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Reviews of the Hardback Edition 'Historic Floors is an excellent reference...the book is so well put together that scholars of architecture history as well as those looking at the application of mathematical ideas in architecture will find it particularly useful. The illustrations alone will make this hard to surpass as a sourcebook.' Nexus Network Journal "Historic Floors will henceforward be an invaluable reference, and, it is to be hoped, a stimulus to the study and care of floors." Simon Jervis, The Furniture History Society Newsletter, August 2000 'This comprehensive book charts the history of floors and their materials from the fourth century BC, through the marble floors of the basilicas and cathedrals, the development of medieval tiles, the great marble floors of England and on to the impact of tourism on flooring.' Historic House 'The conservation community has eagerly awaited the publication of this excellent and much-heralded book. Jane Fawcett's book goes a long way towards redressing the balance of interest and concern in matters affecting the conservation of historic floors.' English Heritage Conservation Bulletin 'Here is a book that has an important position in written works on conservation to the fabric of historic buildings. With this detailed research and well-illustrated work, Jane Fawcett has professionally and definitively drawn our thoughts to earth, or rather the creative and diverse manners in which it has been covered and decorated.' UKIC's Conservation News 'This book serves as an introduction to a largely neglected but important subject.' Journal of Architectural Conservation 'An enormously valuable book, both as a reference and perhaps just as importantly as an enjoyable historical read.' EASA Newsletter 'This epic work, which describes in exhaustive detail floors of all types, timber, tiled, beaten earth and even scagliola - will be the standard book on the subject.' The Victorian 'Jane Fawcett's book goes a long way towards redressing the balance of interest and concern in matters affecting the conservation of historic floors.' Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings News 'Jane Fawcett and her associates have laid down an excellent foundation and provided many pointers for future studies of this subject.' The Georgian Group 'It is a celebration of the beauty of floor materials and also an indictment of our sorry neglect of these much abused surfaces...this book should find a place on the bookshelves of all who are interested in or have to care for historic floors.' Nadfas Church Recorders Newsletter 'This estimable publication, unusually elegantly written by Fawcett herself and by learned and experienced contributors...opens a whole new area of interest which can be explored by those whose only brush with conservation (or, indeed, ancient floors)' Antique Interiors International 'As a work of academic standing Historic Floors is a fine achievement, and, as one would expect of anything with Jane Fawcett's name on it, the production quality is first class and "no-nonsense"'. ASCHB Newsletter Read more...
