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Book SynopsisIn Doors: History, Repair and Conservation, readers are guided through the function, history, development, care, repair and conservation of doors by chapter authors who are experts in their field. This book offers depth and range of detail from dating and archaeology right through to the surveying, recording, engineering and curation of the door, its furniture and the part of the building into which it is set.
Doors vary from basic designs to exceptional and intricate masterpieces of craftmanship. Whether wood, stone, metal or glass, throughout history doors have been vital barriers against weather and intruders, providing those inside with protection, privacy and comfort. Split into three sections, this book covers history, development, identification and dating of doors, maintenance and engineering of doors and door openings, and materials of doors, their furniture openings and surrounds. Throughout the book the authors provide detailed photographs, drawings, techniqu
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"Campbell, Tutton and colleagues have produced a text on doors unlike any that now exists. It gives a comprehensive history of the door, deals with the fundamentals of construction, design and detailing, and deals with every aspect of conservation."
- Professor Miles Lewis, Architectural Historian, Melbourne
"Doors is the first comprehensive study of a subject that will interest all those, from conservation architects to historians, who work professionally with these indispensable everyday objects. An impressive array of leading experts, including conservators, craftsmen, scholars and archaeologists, and several who are all of these, present here in lucid and readable chapters an account of the history of known doors, their details and ironmongery, construction, engineering and restoration, with many fascinating case studies drawn from the authors’ own experience."
- Timothy Brittain-Catlin, Reader in Architecture, University of Kent
Table of ContentsContributors
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
James W. P. Campbell and Michael Tutton
PART ONE: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND DATING
1 A Introduction to the Development of the Door and its Decoratin from its Beginning to the End of the Middles Ages
Michael Tutton
2 The Historical Development of the Door from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
James W. P Campbell
3 Dating Doors by their Details (1550-1850)
Linda Hall
4 Hinges as an aid to authentication and dating
Adam Menuge
5 The Survey and Scientific Dating of Doors
Caroline Hardie
PART TWO: DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
6 The Design, Geometry, Accessibility and Safety of Door
James W P Campbell
7 Engineering and the Design of Doors
David Yeomans
PART THREE: CONSERVTAION AND REPAIR
8 Conservation and Repair of Historic Timber doors
Ian McCraig
9 The Conservation and Reapir of Bronze Doors
Lucy Branch
10 Repair and Conservation of Stone Door Surrounds
Tom Flemons
11 The Conservation and Reapir of Locks
Richard Taylor
12 Maintenance and Cleaning of Historic Doors
Adam Menuge
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
