Essays on the development of the postmedieval house, its contents and decoration. During the last forty years, SouthWest England has been the focus of some of the most significant work on the early modern house and household in Britain. Its remarkable wealth of vernacular buildings has been the object of muchattention, while the area has also seen productive excavations of early modern household goods, shedding new light on domestic history. This collection of papers, written by many of the leading specialists in these fields, presents a number of essays summarizing the overall understanding of particular themes and places, alongside case studies which publish some of the most remarkable discoveries. They include the extraordinary survival of wallhangings in a South Devon farm, the discovery of painted rooms in an Elizabethan town house, and a study of a tablesetting mirrored on its ceiling. Also considered are forms of decoration which seem specific to particular areas of the West Country houses. Taken together, the papers offer a holistic view of the household in the early modern period. John Allan is Consultant Archaeologist to the Dean & Chapter of Exeter Cathedral Nat Alcock is EmeritusReader in the Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick David Dawson is an independent archaeologist and museum and heritage consultant. Contributors Ann Adams, Nat Alcock, John Allan, James Ayres, Stuart Blaylock, Peter Brears, Tania Manuel Casimiro, Cynthia Cramp, Christopher...

Binding: Hardcover;484 pages; Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd; Classification: HDD; Weight: 1182 g; Dimensions: 249 x 181 x 34

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