Record details

• ISBN: 0789313510
• ISBN: 9780789313515
• Physical Description: 222 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
• Publisher: New York : Rizzoli ; 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A David Larkin book."

"An illustrated documentary."

Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-222).

Formatted Contents Note:

A day in the life of a farmhouse 12 -- American farmhouse takes shape 18 -- Farmhouses of New England 19 -- Farmhouses of New Netherland 32 -- Farmhouses of the Delaware River Valley 36 -- Farmhouses of Pennsylvania 38 -- Brick farmhouses of Virginia, Maryland, and the mouth of the Delaware River 40 -- Farmhouses of Piedmont and Appalachia 42 -- A French influence 48 -- Farmhouses of the Southwest 50 -- Later immigrant farmhouses of the plains 52 -- Dawn of the progressive farmhouse 54 -- Farmhouse interiors 58 -- Floors 62 -- Stenciling and wallpaper 64 -- Paintwork 67 -- Adobe interiors 70 -- Possessions 72 -- Farmhouse kitchens 74 -- Food and drink 81 -- Cooking fire 84 -- Using the fire 86 -- Farmhouse bedchambers 88 -- Farmhouse parlors 95 -- Keeping warm in a farmhouse 99 -- Using the fireplace 102 -- Firewood 104 -- Fireplace safety 105 -- Keeping cool in a farmhouse 106 -- Tasks 112 -- Bread and water 120 -- Cellars 124 -- Other spaces and storage 126 -- Around the farmhouse 127 -- House stories 134 -- Farmhouse experience 188 -- Farmhouse preservation 200 -- Future of rural homes 201.

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Subject:

Farmhouses.
Farmhouses > Pictorial works.
Decoration and ornament, Rustic.
Decoration and ornament, Rustic > Pictorial works.

Genre:

Illustrated works.