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 187
ill passed at least the winter months in the City. The timewas coming, however, when atmospheric and other conditions set the residential tide in awesterly direction. Sir Dudley North, Levant merchant and sheriff, occupied, at the end ofCharles ITs reign, a great house behind the Goldsmiths Hall.… … FIG. 164.—NEW RIVER COMPANY. IN THE OAK ROOM. furnishings. They did not, however, remain long in the City, where, owing to the Goldsmithsand other smoky trades, their Smoak and Dust filled the Air and confounded all his goodFurniture. He hath in Person laboured hard to Caulk up the Windows ; and…
