The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 282
rin the development of the purer EnglishRenaissance, giving it a rendering soinstinct with his individuality as toalmost excuse the architectural punsterswriting Wrennaisance ! Wrens opportunity, unique in archi-tectural annals, of displaying his geniusto the full, did not occur until the GREAT… … BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNITURE—STUART, 1603-88 205 awful death roll of 40,000. Some 13,000 buildings are said to havebeen burnt, together with nearly 100 churches, many of which hadbeen stored with large quantities of furniture during the early stagesof the conflagration, in the hope of their…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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