Staircases and Garden Steps (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 2016/09/08 - 344 ページ Excerpt from Staircases and Garden Steps IN this, the third of the house decor ation series, the same evolutionary plan as adopted in the preceding volumes has been adhered to. An endeavour has been made to show how the staircase developed in importance with the advance of art, suffered an eclipse when architecture was at a low ebb, and now gives evidence of receiving renewed attention. While adopting the historical form, the aim in writing the book has been to point out that which is good in past work and present tendencies, and that which is bad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
