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 185
a business man and propertyowner, we find him giving one hundred poundstowards the rebuilding of the hall, which isdescribed in Queen Annes time as paved withmarble and the walls richly wainscoted with rightwainscot enriched with fruit, leaves, etc. finelycarved, as is more especially the noble… … FIG. 162.—vintnerswainscoting in HALL. detailTHE OAK ROOM. 169 bringing of water to London in an open canal from the challi streams and springs lying to thenorth was a scheme that Hugh Myddelton accomplished in the reign of James I. In 1613 it wasbrought to the point in Clerkenwell parish which…
