Selected Reading
Bankart, George. The Art of the Plasterer. London: B. T. Batsford, 1908.
Dalton, Byron William. Practical Plastering and Cement Finishing and
Related Subjects. Chicago, Illinois: Byron William Dalton, 1949.
Flaharty, David. "Ornamental Plaster Restoration." Fine Homebuilding.
No. 57, December, 1989/January 1990, pp. 3842.
Garrison, John Mark. "Decorative Plaster: Running Cornices."
The Old-House Journal. Vol. XII., No. 101, December, 1984, pp. 214219.
____________. "Casting Decorative Plaster." The Old-House Journal.
Vol. XIII, No. 9, November, 1985, pp. 186189.
Gypsum Construction Handbook. Chicago, Illinois: United States Gypsum
Co., 1986.
Harris, Cyril M., editor. Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture.
New York: Dover Publications, 1983.
Millar, William. Plastering, Plain and Decorative. London: B. T. Batsford,
1897.
Phillips, Morgan. "Adhesives for the Reattachment of Loose Plaster"
Association for Preservation Technology Bulletin, Vol. XII, No. 2,1980,
pp. 3763.
Van den Branden, F. and Hartsell, Thomas L. Plastering Skills. Homewood,
Illinois: American Technical Publishers, Inc., 1984.
Acknowledgements
Thanks go to the technical experts in the field who reviewed and commented
upon the draft manuscript: M. Earle Felber, Andrew Ladygo (Jefferson Poplar
Forest), Lee H. Nelson, FAIA, Gilbert Wolf (National Plastering Industries),
and Stephen Zychal (Ornamental Plastering, Inc.). Insightful comments were offered by Gary L. Hume, Acting Chief, Preservation Assistance Division, Karen Kummer, Small Homes Council-Building Research Council, University of Illinois, NPS cultural resources program regional offices, and the staff of Technical Preservation Services Branch, H. Ward Jandl, Chief. Old-House Journal and Fine Homebuilding were most generous to grant permission to use photographs from their publications. Kay D. Weeks is credited with coordinating this technical publication and with general editorship.
Washington D.C. October, 1990.
This publication has been prepared pursuant to the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, which directs the Secretary
of the Interior to develop and make available information concerning historic
properties. Technical Preservation Services (TPS), Heritage Preservation
Services Division, National Park Service prepares standards, guidelines,
and other educational materials on responsible historic preservation treatments
for a broad public.
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