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Antique shops, flea markets, and salvage yards everywhere offer fine examples of the art of building from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beautiful terra-cotta tiles, stone gargoyles, ornamental metalwork, carved wooden paneling, classic fixtures - they are all easily available today. They are absolutely wonderful, but what do you do with them?
Irreplaceable Artifacts answers this question and offers countless examples of new and creative uses for architectural ornament as art, as furniture, and as functional elements such as room dividers. Gorgeous photographs and insightful text offer both guidance and inspiration, covering myriad options for re-using metal, stone, wood, glass, and composite artifacts. A sixteen-page resources section provides expert information on buying, restoring, and maintaining ornament, along with sources in the United States and Europe, and an extensive bibliography.
