The Allure of Charleston: Houses, Rooms, and Gardens-Fast Shipping

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The Allure of Charleston celebrates this historic city’s eighteenth- and nineteenth-century styles and demonstrates how they continue to be employed and updated by design professionals today.

Anyonewholoveshousesandinteriorsloves Charleston. TheAllureofCharleston showswhy bydelvingintothearchitectureandinteriorsofthe makesCharlestonsodistinct,Sullydemonstrates whythelanguageofitsarchitecture,interiordesign, ofGeorgian,Federal,andGreekRevivalarchitecture andofroomscontaininganarrayofEnglish,European,andAmericandecorativedetailsconveythe complex harmony that characterizes the city’s houses. FeaturinghistoricmasterpiecesincludingDrayton Hall,theNathanielRussellHouse,andMiddleton Place,thisvolumealsooffersalookatpresent-day residences, among them a new house built faithfully to colonial style, a charming eighteenth-century dwelling withmodernupdates,astunningGeorgiantown-housewithacontemporaryaddition,andasophisticatedFederalhome. TheAllureofCharleston also includesavisuallexiconpresentingtheindividual elements—wroughtirongates,gardenstatuary,pastel plasterwalls,refinedporcelain—thatcomprisethe city’sstyle,makingthisexquisitebookbothinformative and inspiring.