READ THIS: STORYBOOK COTTAGES America’s Carpenter Gothic Style By Gladys Montgomery
The word cottage evokes a feeling of vacation, a simpler life, and a less formal approach to living that celebrates the word comfort...and what better time to explore cottages than the last unofficial week of summer? This book is not only an American history lesson, but also a world history lesson in its tribute to Gothic architecture, and it teaches the reader about its evolution from past to the modern day. Of course, we appreciate the English influences and love how this overall architecture design is echoed throughout so many college campuses with style. (ahem, BC.)
You can learn a lot from reading this book, and not just about architecture. We used to just say BC or AD, but now we know you can also say CE instead of AD, and that means Current Era. Of course, BC really means Boston College in Peachyspeak...
In New York City, Trinity Church (p. 36) is a great example of this style and though of course is not a cottage, these cottages featured throughout this book are a holy retreat to those that own them.
In New York City, Trinity Church (p. 36) is a great example of this style and though of course is not a cottage, these cottages featured throughout this book are a holy retreat to those that own them.
The Bourne House in Kennebunk, Maine is where Peachy would want to live if she could pick one place from this book as a cottage. Which is your favorite? We also like the brick look and the purple on pages 116-117 and we agree with Downing: vertical boarding looks better. The array of windows is simply gorgeous (p. 134) and all the gazebos too (p. 207); they will provide some idea options when you design your retreat from Manhattan. We love that they included Stockbridge, MA-home of the Norman Rockwell museum-but wish they included more of Connecticut. We'd like to drink The Peachy Deegan on page 219 because then you'd be drinking Star as well as seeing Stars...
Whom You Know Highly Recommends Storybook Cottages. Take a trip through these pages!
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STORYBOOK COTTAGES
America’s Carpenter Gothic Style
By Gladys Montgomery
Hardcover / 224 pages / 175 color and b&w illustrations / 9” x 9”
$45.00 US / ISBN: 978-0-8478-3619-2 / Rizzoli / April 2011
The first vernacular expression of the Victorian romantic revival in American architecture of the nineteenth century was Carpenter Gothic, part of the Gothic Revival style that traces its legacy through 700 years of history, an engaging story artfully told by author Gladys Montgomery in STORYBOOK COTTAGES.
Carpenter Gothic, perhaps the most visually playful American architectural style, descends from the glorious Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages, though England’s Gothic Revival, to colonial American churches, and finally to its incarnation as an icon of rural landscape and the country town. Guided by the pattern books of Andrew Jackson Downing and others, and abetted by the invention of the steam-powered scroll saw, local builders adapted this style in cottages and villas across the continent. Its hallmarks—steep gables; pointed arches, windows, and doors; and elaborate gingerbread trim—express the era’s love of the romantic and the picturesque. Fanciful details imbue these homes with unmatched character, their popularity apparent by beautiful examples that can still be found across the country.
Incorporating illustrations from period pattern books, photographs, elevations and floor plans from the Historic American Buildings Survey, and stunning color photographs by leading architectural photographers—Brian Vanden Brink, Paul Rocheleau, Steve Gross, and Sue Daley, Tim Street-Porter, and others—Montgomery takes readers on an evocative visual tour of historic and newly constructed Carpenter Gothic cottages, highlighting the style’s defining details and a range of approaches for interior decoration.
STORYBOOK COTTAGES will appeal to architecture, interior design and landscape enthusiasts, as well as romantics who’ve dreamed of living in a cottage.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Gladys Montgomery has penned more than 200 feature articles for regional, national and international magazines, including Antiques and Fine Art, Old House Interiors, Early American Homes, Traditional Home, Country Living, Yankee, Berkshire Living, Country Decorating Ideas, and Country Victorian. She edits the award-winning annual magazine Berkshire Living Home + Garden. This her fifth book; her Her credits include Antiquing Weekends (Rizzoli 2006) and Mountain and High Desert Hideaways (Rizzoli 2005).
Serial rights are available for STORYBOOK COTTAGES. To arrange, please contact Tooraj Kavoussi at (845) 784-4721 or tkavoussi@rizzoliusa.com. Credit for the book must read: ©Storybook Cottages by Gladys Montgomery, Rizzoli 2011. Images are available to accompany coverage and are to be credited on a case by-case basis. No images may be reproduced in any way, published, or transmitted digitally, without written permission from the publisher.
STORYBOOK COTTAGES
America’s Carpenter Gothic Style
By Gladys Montgomery
Hardcover with jacket / 224 pages / 9” x 9” / 175 color photographs + black-and-white illustrations
PRICE: $45.00 US / $53.00 CAN / £29.95 UK
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3646-8
PUBLICATION DATE: April 2011
Rizzoli New York
www.rizzoliusa.com
STORYBOOK COTTAGES
America’s Carpenter Gothic Style
By Gladys Montgomery
Hardcover / 224 pages / 175 color and b&w illustrations / 9” x 9”
$45.00 US / ISBN: 978-0-8478-3619-2 / Rizzoli / April 2011
The first vernacular expression of the Victorian romantic revival in American architecture of the nineteenth century was Carpenter Gothic, part of the Gothic Revival style that traces its legacy through 700 years of history, an engaging story artfully told by author Gladys Montgomery in STORYBOOK COTTAGES.
Carpenter Gothic, perhaps the most visually playful American architectural style, descends from the glorious Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages, though England’s Gothic Revival, to colonial American churches, and finally to its incarnation as an icon of rural landscape and the country town. Guided by the pattern books of Andrew Jackson Downing and others, and abetted by the invention of the steam-powered scroll saw, local builders adapted this style in cottages and villas across the continent. Its hallmarks—steep gables; pointed arches, windows, and doors; and elaborate gingerbread trim—express the era’s love of the romantic and the picturesque. Fanciful details imbue these homes with unmatched character, their popularity apparent by beautiful examples that can still be found across the country.
Incorporating illustrations from period pattern books, photographs, elevations and floor plans from the Historic American Buildings Survey, and stunning color photographs by leading architectural photographers—Brian Vanden Brink, Paul Rocheleau, Steve Gross, and Sue Daley, Tim Street-Porter, and others—Montgomery takes readers on an evocative visual tour of historic and newly constructed Carpenter Gothic cottages, highlighting the style’s defining details and a range of approaches for interior decoration.
STORYBOOK COTTAGES will appeal to architecture, interior design and landscape enthusiasts, as well as romantics who’ve dreamed of living in a cottage.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Gladys Montgomery has penned more than 200 feature articles for regional, national and international magazines, including Antiques and Fine Art, Old House Interiors, Early American Homes, Traditional Home, Country Living, Yankee, Berkshire Living, Country Decorating Ideas, and Country Victorian. She edits the award-winning annual magazine Berkshire Living Home + Garden. This her fifth book; her Her credits include Antiquing Weekends (Rizzoli 2006) and Mountain and High Desert Hideaways (Rizzoli 2005).
Serial rights are available for STORYBOOK COTTAGES. To arrange, please contact Tooraj Kavoussi at (845) 784-4721 or tkavoussi@rizzoliusa.com. Credit for the book must read: ©Storybook Cottages by Gladys Montgomery, Rizzoli 2011. Images are available to accompany coverage and are to be credited on a case by-case basis. No images may be reproduced in any way, published, or transmitted digitally, without written permission from the publisher.
STORYBOOK COTTAGES
America’s Carpenter Gothic Style
By Gladys Montgomery
Hardcover with jacket / 224 pages / 9” x 9” / 175 color photographs + black-and-white illustrations
PRICE: $45.00 US / $53.00 CAN / £29.95 UK
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3646-8
PUBLICATION DATE: April 2011
Rizzoli New York
www.rizzoliusa.com
