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Grinling Gibbons and the woodwork of his age (1648-1720) (1914)

Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933 · London : "Country life" and George Newnes ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 166

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nd Smallwell, the St. Pauls joiners. It would be interesting to know whether Frogley was also the joiner employed at the libraryof Queens College, Oxford (Fig. 140). Provost Hulton began his library at about the same time asPresident Bathurst did his chapel, and both were finished in 1694. In both… … GRINLING GIBBONS AND THE WOODWORK OF HIS AGE. As he probably drew the working designs from Wrens sketches for the Trinity,Cambridge, hbrary he would be absolutely at home in Wrens manner of fitting such abuilding. The example at Queens, Oxford, is a good deal similar, and presents muchthe same…

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