KELLY, Alison

[96] pp.

Country Life Books

1968

10″ x 7 5/8″

In her book, Alison Kelly traces the development of the English fireplace since Roman times, describing the austere fireplaces of the medieval castles, the graceful creations of such well-known designer-architects as Sir John Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, and William Kent, the Victorian Gothic fantasies of William Burges, the factory-produced grates of the nineteenth century, and the sleek lines of contemporary fireplaces