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"The Book Of English Fireplaces" 1968 KELLY, Alison
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KELLY, Alison
[96] pp.
Country Life Books
1968
10" x 7 5/8"
In her book, Alison Kelly traces the development of the English fireplace since Roman times, describing the austere fireplaces of the medieval castles, the graceful creations of such well-known designer-architects as Sir John Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, and William Kent, the Victorian Gothic fantasies of William Burges, the factory-produced grates of the nineteenth century, and the sleek lines of contemporary fireplaces