Beard, Geoffrey 1929-

Overview

Works:	99 works in 374 publications in 2 languages and 7,299 library holdings
Genres:	History Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography‡vDictionaries Biography Guidebooks
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other
Classifications:	NA997.A4, 720.924

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Geoffrey Beard

The work of Robert Adam by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

38 editions published between 1978 and 1992 in English and held by 829 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book, a visual survey of much of Adam's work, provides ample material for a critical appraisal of the development of Adam as architect and designer."--Jacket

Stucco and decorative plasterwork in Europe by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

29 editions published between 1983 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 549 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Craftsmen and interior decoration in England, 1660-1820 by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

20 editions published between 1981 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 526 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Georgian craftsmen and their work by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

11 editions published between 1966 and 1967 in English and held by 496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Text covers biographies of craftsmen from all of Great Britain and Italy but only describes the work they created in England

The work of Christopher Wren by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

24 editions published between 1982 and 1987 in English and held by 491 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Studie over het werk van de Engelse architect (1632-1723)

The work of Grinling Gibbons by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

14 editions published between 1989 and 1990 in English and held by 456 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

International modern glass by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

14 editions published between 1976 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 452 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Decorative plasterwork in Great Britain by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

17 editions published between 1975 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 391 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a classic work on the history of decorative plasterwork which is an essential part of the British country house

The National Trust book of English furniture by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

13 editions published between 1985 and 1986 in English and held by 358 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The work of John Vanbrugh by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

11 editions published between 1986 and 1987 in English and held by 334 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Leven en werk van de Engelse architect John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)

Upholsterers and interior furnishing in England, 1530-1840 by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

7 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This richly illustrated history of the upholstery trade in Britain over three hundred years surveys the changing styles that affected this art form, the craftsmen who made the furniture and the kings and courtiers who purchased it. In all the great houses and palaces of Britain and at the important events that shaped British history - the weddings, funerals, coronations and visitations of the monarchy and aristocracy - upholstery played a leading role." "Dr Beard, an eminent authority on the lives and working methods of craftsmen in the decorative arts, brings his wide knowledge of the historical background of furniture making and usage to bear on this significant branch of furniture history. He moves chronologically, setting the activities of upholsterers and their patrons against the wider panoply of English history, and describes, for example, the early upholstery done on the instructions of the important agency controlling work for the crown, the Great Wardrobe; the archaic traditions of the London craft guilds that grounded the upholsterer's work prior to the restoration of Charles II in 1660; the extensive refurbishing of royal palaces after 1660; the sudden rise in popularity of needleworked upholstery in the beginning of the eighteenth century; the change from rococo style to neoclassicism in the 1760s; the introduction of Egyptian motifs in the early nineteenth century; and the subsequent change to the ornamental excesses of Gothic, Louis quatorze, or one of the fashionable revivals."

The National Trust book of the English house interior by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

5 editions published between 1990 and 1991 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The compleat gentleman : five centuries of aristocratic life by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

8 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Het leven van de Britse gentleman vanaf ca. 1500, met enige aandacht voor zijn Amerikaanse tegenhanger

English furniture, 1500-1840 by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

8 editions published in 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Modern glass by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

11 editions published in 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dictionary of English furniture makers, 1660-1840( Book )

10 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Modern ceramics by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

8 editions published between 1969 and 1970 in English and held by 181 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Robert Adam's country houses by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

5 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Lake District, a century of conservation by Geoffrey Berry( Book )

8 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 86 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nineteenth century cameo glass by Geoffrey Beard( Book )

6 editions published in 1956 in English and Undetermined and held by 81 WorldCat member libraries worldwide