Famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1900)
Malan, Alfred Henry, editor · New York, G. P. Putnam's son; London, The Pall Mall magazine · leaf 39
rcular-headed recesses filled with plate-glass, and extending from ceilingto sideboard, there is a table apparently covered with a whitecloth, fresh from the press, the folds scarcely smoothed out.You would hardly guess, unless you touched it, that the table-top is of solid marble, so truthfully… … CROWNING OF ST. CATHARINE RUBENS Belvoir Castle 15 ** Henry VIII. is not so valuable as the tiny Birdcage ofGerard Douw, below it, so the market value of this bowl, capa-ble of holding fifty-two gal-lons, is very far exceededby that of a small basin(1581) and its attendantvase, seen in another…
Historic buildings · Country homes · Dwellings
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