Author: Duncan Jame
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: library, shire, jewellery, antique
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2008-03-04
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0747803854
ISBN-13: 9780747803850

Author: Hans Van Lemme
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: library, shire, tiles, medieval
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2008-03-04
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 074780463X
ISBN-13: 9780747804635

During the Middle Ages decorative floor tiles were used in abbey churches, royal palaces, parish churches and the homes of wealthy citizens. Tiles were durable and hygienic and added a new decorative element to the interior. Despite their simple tools and kiln equipment, the medieval tile makers proved extremely skilful in the production of different types of tile. They ranged from variously shaped plain tiles, which were assembled into complex mosaic floors, to two-coloured inlaid tiles, and stamped-relief and line-impressed tiles, all decorated with a wealth of different patterns and designs

Author: Chris Aspi
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: library, shire, industry, cotton
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-03-04
List price: $10.00
ISBN-10: 0852635451
ISBN-13: 9780852635452

Cotton was Britain’s largest industry for more than a century and its principal source of wealth during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. This book tells the story of the cotton industry from its spectacular growth during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to its devasting decline in the twentieth century. The impact of the British cotton trade was enormous. Goods mass-produced in busy factories undercut all competition, and the industry became the first to make the whole world its market. Cotton inaugurated a new way of life for the thousands who flocked to the mill towns of

Author: Sarah Bush
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: library, shire, industry, silk
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-10-20
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0747804400
ISBN-13: 9780747804406

Silk was first developed in ancient China as early as 2600 BC and over the centuries to follow it gradually spread first to South East Asia and then to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe along the silk route, becoming established in England in the fourteenth century. The early centers of the English silk industry, Spitalfields, Norwich and Cantebury, benefitted from the arrival of the Dutch or Huguenot silk workers and in 1718 the first factory system for producing silk was begun in Derby. This book traces the legendary silk route from China to the UK and explores the developments in sil

Author: Allen Eyle
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: library, shire, cinemas, old
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-03-04
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0747804885
ISBN-13: 9780747804888

No building type arouses more nostalgic affection than the traditional high street cinema, not only because of the impression made by the films on the screen and the havent if offered to courting couples, but also because of its own special atomosphere of expectations, relaxation and escape, usually enhanced by the decorative surroundings. Many picture huses were unremarkable, and some had decline to uncomfortable ’fleapits’ but the cinema inspired architects and designers to create some of the most extravagant and some of the most avant-garde buildings erected in the twentieth cen

Author: Graham McLare
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: library, shire, 1950s, ceramics
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2008-03-04
List price: $13.50
ISBN-10: 0747803366
ISBN-13: 9780747803362

British ceramics of the 1950s are highly evocative of a decade of optimism and change in British life. The austerity of war was quickly banished by a new breed of young consumer who had money to spend and who demanded ceramics which were bright, exciting and, above all, modern. This book considers how pottery manufacturers met this challenge, producing ware which is again prized today for its innovative and daring design.

Author: Greg Stevenso
Publisher: Shire
Keywords: library, shire, ceramics, deco, art
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2008-03-04
List price: $13.50
ISBN-10: 0747803781
ISBN-13: 9780747803782

The inter-war period was a time of remarkable creativity for the British pottery industry; introducing some of the brightest and most daring designs ever commercially produced. From striking modernist shapes to vibrant floral tea-ware, British ceramics of the 1920s and 1930s embody enthusiasm for ‘the bright new age’. Art Deco Ceramics tells the story of an era, from the flamboyant excesses of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ to the optimistic ‘sunshine pottery’ of the Depression. This guide is an introduction to all the major designers and factories, covering famous names such as Clarice Cliff, S