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Furnishing the Old-Fashioned Garden : Three Centuries of American Summerhouses, Dovecotes, Privies, Pergolas, Fences, and Birdhouses by May B. Hill (1998, Hardcover)

May Brawley Hill returns to traditional American gardens to present the inventive outdoor structures that enlivened three centuries of garden making across the country. Furnishing the Old-Fashioned Garden is the first book to concentrate on the history of these structures, locating pergolas, summerhouses, dovecotes, and other outbuildings in the context of their specific period, place, and garden style. With evidence gleaned from American paintings, photographs, historical narratives, archival publications, and personal recollections, the author reveals which structures suit a weathered clapboard house, or a bungalow, or an adobe ranch, for example, and she explains the latest fashions in garden furnishings when these houses were first built. The result is a full-scale portrait of American garden architecture, as seen in town and country large and small, east coast to west coast.

Book Title
Furnishing the Old-Fashioned Garden : Three Centuries of American Summerhouses, Dovecotes, Privies, Pergolas, Fences, and Birdhouses
Author
May B. Hill
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Garden Furnishings
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Gardening
Number of Pages
160 Pages

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