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Grinling Gibbons and the woodwork of his age (1648-1720)

Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933 · 1914 · London : "Country life" and George Newnes ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · 221 pictures

A 1914 architectural monograph by H. Avray Tipping, published in London by Country Life for collectors, architects and decorators, surveying Grinling Gibbons and English carved woodwork from 1648 to 1720. Photographic plates show limewood overmantels, cartouches, drops of fruit, flowers and dead game, panelled rooms and doorcases, useful for ornament motifs, frame borders and deep carved relief textures.

Gibbons, Grinling, 1648-1721 · Wood-carving · Interior decoration

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