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The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)

Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 88

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fall underits inspiring influence. Anisolated forerunner — a carvedoak hutch — bequeathed byVicar Sudbury, vicar of Louth,to Louth Church, is the earliestinstance extant of the Englishadaptation of the Renaissancedetail known as Romaynework. The heads are statedto be portraits of Henry viii. and… … HUTCH PRESENTED BY VICAR SUDBURY TO LOUTHCHURCH NOT LATER THAN 1504. 50 DECORATIVE FURNITURE Gothic was still the model upon which men built and decorated,and it must be remembered that, cold and unsympathetic as manyof the old Gothic churches and cathedrals often appear in thesedays, in…

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