num_pages: 232
description: Simpson (art history, Washington and Lee U.) examines the development, manufacture, uses, advertising, and popular reception of the architectural materials that proliferated between 1870 and 1930, including rockface concrete blocks, pressed metal imitations of stone, linoleum "marble" and "parquet," and embossed wall coverings. Includes good, detailed b&amp;w illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Cheap Quick & Easy: Imitative Architectural Materials
titlecomplete: Cheap Quick & Easy: Imitative Architectural Materials
ratings_count: 2
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Architecture  (Finalist)
publisher: Univ Tennessee Press