Glass houses : a history of greenhouses, orangeries and conservatories / May Woods and Arete Swartz Warren.

Main entry:

Woods, May.

Title & Author:

Glass houses : a history of greenhouses, orangeries and conservatories / May Woods and Arete Swartz Warren.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1988.

Description:

216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-211) and index.
The Innovators: Before 1650 -- The Fashion for 'Exoticks': 1650-1715 -- The Golden Age of the Greenhouse: 1715-1800 -- Glass Roofs and Graceful Curves: 1780-1850 -- The Victorian Glass House: 1850-1920 -- More Glass Then Wall: 1900 to the Present Day -- The Conservatory Today -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Also issued online.
Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0847809064
9780847809066

Subject:

Glass construction.
Conservatories.
Greenhouses.
Construction en verre.
Jardins d'hiver.
Serres.
greenhouses.
Orangeries

Added entries:

Warren, Arete Swartz.
C. Donald Cook Frank Lloyd Wright Collection

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35128
Call No.: ID NA4140.W66; ID:88-B6496
Status: Available

Location: Library main 35129
Call No.: ID NA4140.W66; ID:88-B6496
Status: Available

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