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 191
l portion on a large scaleshows the texture and figure of the wood. In some London home—but whether Grinling Gibbons own or in that of Lord Berkeleyis quite uncertain — this fine overmantel seems to have been in Grinling Gibbons day, and nodoubt there were plenty. Though they have disappeared we… … CONTEMPORARY WOODWORK IN LONDON. 175 date of its completion is set down as 1681, and he was certainly in occupation at the beginningof the following year. He left it in 1683, at the time of the Rye House Plot—which also provedfatal to the Earl of Essex (Page 68)—never to return. Exile, Sedgmoor and…
