Cheap, Quick, & Easy: Imitative Architectural Materials, 1870-1930
- ISBN-10
- 1572330376
- ISBN-13
- 9781572330375
- Category
- Building materials
- Pages
- 215
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Univ. of Tennessee Press
- Author
- Pamela Hemenway Simpson
Description
As Simpson shows in fascinating detail, rockface concrete blocks, pressed metal imitations of stone, linoleum "marble" and "parquet," and embossed wall coverings made available to the masses a host of ornamental effects that only the wealthy could previously have afforded. But, she notes, wherever these new materials appeared, a heated debate over the appropriateness of imitation followed. Were these materials merely tasteless shams?
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