The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 273
orroboration of thetheory that Cromwells private tastes—though he is credited with desiring hisportrait to be emphatically realistic, with the warts — were not acridlyutilitarian, to find that the staircaseof the house he built at Highgatefor his daughter, upon her marriageto General Ireton, was… … 198 DECORATIVE FURNITURE wells approval as Lord Protector that the furniture, hangings, pictures,and other art effects of nineteen royal palaces were destroyed or sold toforeigners. One is not surprised to find, therefore, that no Tudorexamples are left at Windsor Castle of all the items mentioned…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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