Das Englische haus : entwicklung, bedingungen, anlage, aufbau, einrichtung und innenraum / von Hermann Muthesius

Hermann Muthesius

RA Collection: Book

Record number

19/984

Author

Variant Title

The English House: development, layout and construction, the interior [English]

Edition

Zweite durchgesehene Auflage

Imprint

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, A.-G., Markgrafen-Strausse 35, 1908-1911

Physical Description

3 vols. : ill. ; 32 cm.

General Note

Vol. I. [4], iv, [8], 220 p. : 208 ill. -- Vol. II. [8], 237 p. : 256 ill. -- Vol. III. [8], 240, xxvi p. : ill.
With a half title in each volume. Includes index in v. 3.
Printed by Hermann Klokow in Berlin S. 14.

Contents

Band I: Entwicklung des englischen Hauses -- Band II: Bedingungen, Anlage, gärtnerische Umgebung, Aufbau und gesundheitliche Einrichtungen des englischen Hauses -- Band III: Der Innenraum des englischen Hauses

Summary Note

This book presents the social and historical development of the English house from about 1860 to 1900 - the age of Norman Shaw, Philip Webb, Voysey and Lutyens as well as Mackintosh and Morris. The planning, layout, aspect and aesthetics of the house, are all discussed, analysed and illustrated in detail, along with the interiors, the gardens and even the furniture and sanitary fittings. It has been observed that this book which was, and remains, hugely influential 'single-handedly changed the course of European architecture'. Its full significance can now be properly measured and appreciated.

Subject

Domestic architecture - 19th Century - United Kingdom
Interior decoration
Furniture

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