Gregg Perry

The Historic Preservationist

Arts EN ↓ 1035 episodes

Conservation scholar Gregg Perry will lead us back into time on a journey of restoring and conserving 17th -19th century period architecture furnishings and timepieces.

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Gregg Perry

Episodes

7. The colonial clock shop 04.05.2021 24:50

The place where horological work began and became perfected

6. Colonial clocks and clock shops 04.05.2021 26:50

The development of early clocks and their work spaces.

5. The business of clock making in colonial America-Part II 02.05.2021 17:25

The beginning of the horology trade in America.

4. The business of clockmaking in 18th c. America 02.05.2021 17:41

The developing trade of Horologists in America.

S2 Ep 3 Introduction to water gilding and frame making 26.04.2021 12:02

Water gilding and the hand made frame have been a natural marriage for over 2000 years.

S2 Ep 2 First Hot Air Balloon Flight 26.04.2021 5:52

The first time a man has ever gone airborne in the surface of the earth.

S2 Ep 1 Fake American Clock Mechanisms 26.04.2021 33:40

The Willards of Massachusetts faked their clients into thinking they produced the clock movements that were placed in their timepieces.

500. The development of the English fireplace 12.04.2021 19:08

The increase of fireplaces, recessed fireplaces, The mantle tree and the corner chimney.

499. The English fireplace 12.04.2021 10:52

The development of the kitchen fireplace

498 The English fireplace 12.04.2021 22:07

The continued development of the stone chimney of the English fireplace.

497. Mechanical cleaning 06.04.2021 12:57

Picking methods for removing solid layers, abrasive methods. Vibrations and ultrasonic cleaning.

496. The development of the fireplace in England. 06.04.2021 21:29

The development of the ascending chimney and corbels.

495. The primitive English fireplace 05.04.2021 15:45

This episode looks at the development of where fires were placed in early dwellings with the beginning development of chimneys and louvers to vent out unwanted smoke fumes.

494. The development of the fireplace 05.04.2021 11:44

Part III - Stylistic designers change the look and feel of the fireplaces outward designs and embellishments and the advent of the small coal burning stove arrives.

493. The development of the fireplace 05.04.2021 22:30

Part II- The development of fireplace accessories and over- mantles by English designers.

492. Mechanical cleaning of dirt 04.04.2021 11:47

What occurs during dusting and polishes: abrasion, static electricity Nd wax polishes.

491. The development of the fireplace 04.04.2021 17:40

Necessity brings about the development of the fireplace, for cooking and eating in one’s place of dwelling

490. Choosing a long case clock 04.04.2021 6:59

Too many choices when looking for your first tall case clock.

489. Conservation- cleaning technique 30.03.2021 6:22

Cleaning techniques mechanical and chemical.

488. Conservation- chemically bonded dirt. 30.03.2021 10:02

Bonding will be explored in the form of: primary, secondary, dipoles, polar and non polar materials and hydrogen bonding.