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Rural Residences: Designs for Cottages, Small Villas and Other Buildings - JaneAusten.co.uk
1816

Rural Residences: Designs for Cottages, Small Villas and Other Buildings

One of the services Ackerman's Repository of the Arts provided for it's readers (both at the time of publication and today) was the inclusion of colored fashion plates depicting not only the styles prevalent in Women's wear, but also in home fashion. Under normal circumstances, each issue would include at least one depiction of home furnishings (drapery, furniture, fire places, etc.) However, in 1816, a new series was designed, entitled Architectural Hints. When this series concluded in 1817, these illustrations were published together in 1818, in a separate book in titled "Rural Residences Consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Small Villas and Other Ornamental Buildings". The drawings included in this series delightfully depict country living and might have been drawn straight from the pages of Sense and Sensibility, with their cottages, vicarage, and even out buildings.
“I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any money to spare, I should buy a little land and build one myself, within a short distance of London, where I might drive myself down at any time, and collect a few friends about me and be happy. I advise everybody who is going to build, to build a cottage.” ―Robert Ferrars, Sense and Sensibility
Enjoy the following drawings and blueprints from Ackerman's 1816 run. Detailed articles for each drawing can be found in the pages of Ackerman's Repository, now available from Google Books. Right click on each image and choose "view image" for a full size view. Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Cottage Ornee plate 1   Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Cottage Ornee plate 19   Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Cottage Ornee plate 25   Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Dairy plate 31   Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Gardener's Cottage plate 7   Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Gothic Conservatory   Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Gothic cottage plate 7   Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Hunting Lodge plate 25   Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Park Lodge   Ackermann's Repository - 1816 Vicatage House plate 19  

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