The Historic Preservationist

133. The Evolution & Origin of Timekeeping and it’s Keepers 15.08.2020 22:36 ↓

Antiquarian Horologist, Gregg Perry takes you on a journey of evolution and origin of time keeping and its keepers.

132. Colonial Home Building 15.08.2020 8:50 ↓

Staircases

131. D - Day 15.08.2020 21:26 ↓

Why prepare for D-Day and preparation.

130. Voltaire’s Final Years and Death 15.08.2020 10:13 ↓

Voltaire’s Final Years and Death

129. An Evening with Gregg Perry, The Historic Preservationist. 09.08.2020 58:03 ↓

Gregg Perry launches his initial podcast on updating his present project during the pandemic while being interviewed by Argentinian Historic Preservationist Luis and Isabela.

128 Voltaire 09.08.2020 8:30 ↓

This episode expounds on Voltaire and the French legal system.

127. Making Bricks the Old Fashion Way 09.08.2020 7:25 ↓

This episode contains obtaining the clay, making the batter, shaping the mud into bricks, drying the raw bricks and firing the bricks.

126. History of Glass Making 09.08.2020 15:40 ↓

This episode speaks about making glass in the modern era in Southern NJ. It includes an honor role in early glass manufactures in Southern NJ, starting with Wistarburgh in Alloways town in 1739 up until many factors in 1899.

125. Early Glass Making 08.08.2020 25:16 ↓

This episode explains the discovery of glass, magic of glass making, emerging glass industry, early American glass and how glass succeeded in South Jersey.

124. Voltaire 08.08.2020 10:22 ↓

This episode explores Candide and Morality.

123. Voltaire 03.08.2020 16:17 ↓

This episode talks about Voltaire’s production of the first encyclopedia and his life in exile.

122. Dutch Colonial Homes in America 03.08.2020 18:59 ↓

This episode expounds on the house and why of room divisions and expansions in Dutch Colonial Homes

121. Voltaire 02.08.2020 17:22 ↓

This episode explains why Voltaire was banished to England and extrapolates in Emilie, the love of his life.

120. Brick making and Burning 02.08.2020 16:10 ↓

Difference in burning dry pressed and soft tempered clay brick and the proper way to set bricks in kilns for burning.

119. The Life of Voltaire 01.08.2020 15:44 ↓

This is episode us about the Enlightenment and when the world changed, the literary successes and financial failures of Voltaire.

118. Dutch Colonial Homes in America 01.08.2020 25:57 ↓

This episode describes fireplaces, windows, roof-lines and eves in Dutch Colonial Homes for regulating internal temperatures.

117. Dutch Colonial Homes in America 26.07.2020 27:13 ↓

This episode talks about Dutch houses, urban and rural, the functions of the Dutch house and how to read a house.

116. Authenticating, Fakes and Frauds of Period Furniture. 26.07.2020 22:23 ↓

This episode takes us into film finishes, tips for the curator and auction houses.

115. Dutch Colonial Homes in America. 25.07.2020 24:00 ↓

This episode walks us through the medieval experience and the Dutch house today.

113. Authentication of Fakes and Frauds of Period Furniture. 25.07.2020 37:31 ↓

This episode presents hidden evidence, veneer, adhesives, nails, cotter pins, locks, glass, cabinetry, tables and stands.

112. Dutch Colonial Homes in America 20.07.2020 21:53 ↓

An introduction to early Dutch architecture depicting characteristic styles

111. Authenticating Fakes and Frauds in Period Furniture 20.07.2020 25:22 ↓

This episode talks about squiring an eye and expertise, shrinking wood, joinery, tooled surfaces and other details to look for when authenticating furniture.

110. Authenticating Fakes and Frauds in Period Furniture 19.07.2020 26:16 ↓

This episode takes us to the training of your eye about; date, period; proportions of the period, a form of the era and what are the most stylistic details of an antique. It also goes to explain evidence of the materials for dating, wood, aging of wood and woodworm.

109. Practical Treatise on Brick Making and Burning. 19.07.2020 29:21 ↓

This episode contains information on; clays, how to test clay for making brick, drying brick, preparing clay for plastic mud brick, and pressing dry clay to perfection.

108. Authenticating, fakes and frauds of period furniture 12.07.2020 36:15 ↓

Perry explains; how to identify problematic attributions, leading and misleading inscriptions, labels, branding and styles.