Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical & descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan & Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1901)
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 307
nd a drop handle and plate. Itwill be noticed that the whole of this orna-ment, although in some instances it looksrich, is in reality obtained by the simplestmeans, which consist in the main of cuttinga thin plate of metal into a variety of shapes ;there is hardly any modelling about it.… … A Knocker (1618). Much elaboration was bestowed upon the chimney-pieces, ofwhich, indeed, there are very few simple examples to be metwith. They were made of wood, of stone, and of marble. R.A. M i63 CHIMNEY-PIECES. Wood and stone were the more usual materials employed, andit is difficult to say…
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