The British stable / Giles Worsley ; photography by William Curtis Rolf.

Main entry:

Worsley, Giles.

Title & Author:

The British stable / Giles Worsley ; photography by William Curtis Rolf.

Publication:

Description:

307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-299) and index.
Prologue: The medieval stable -- The Tudor and Jacobean stable -- The riding house and the forgotten art of haute école -- The Stuart stable -- Housing the urban horse -- The Palladian stable -- The Georgian riding-house revival -- The thoroughbred and the late-Georgian stable revolution -- Commercial, industrial and military stables -- The Victorian country-house stable.

Summary:

"This book, illustrated with over one hundred specially commissioned photographs, focuses attention for the first time on the history, the variety and the importance of stables in the British Isles." "The British Stable will appeal equally to those with an interest in horses, country houses, architectural history or the special relationship between horses and the people of Britain."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0300107080 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780300107081 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Stables Great Britain.
Architecture Great Britain.
Écuries Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture.
Stables.
Stallen.
Stajnia budownictwo Wielka Brytania.
Pferdestall
Stallbau
Great Britain.
Großbritannien

Added entries:

Rolf, William Curtis.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 236751
Call No.: NA8340 .W67 2004
Status: Available

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