Chats on old furniture : a practical guide for collectors (1906)
Hayden, Arthur, 1868-1946 · New York : F. A. Stokes · leaf 69
olded napkin, an orna-mentation largely used towards the end of thePerpendicular style, which was characteristic ofEnglish domestic architecture in the fifteenthcentury. To this period belongs the superb wood-carving of the renowned choir stalls of Henry VII.sChapel in Westminister Abbey. 64 CHATS… … HK..I i.A._r, A.>i. OAK FA:-. LLLING I K. >M lUli OI.U IALACEAT BROMI.EY-BY-BOW. BUILT IN 1606. {Victoria and Albert Museum.) The Elizabethan woodcarver revelled in grotesquefigure work, in intricate interlacings of strapwork,borrowed from the Flemish, and ribbon ornamenta-tion, adapted from…
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