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 241
etters, which can go on for ever, and in which all canquite honestly consider themselves right, because no authoritative document is discoverablecapable of setting the dispute at rest. It is not that there is an absence of information asto the building of Chatsworth. Far from it. Such is very often… … FIG. 214.—CHATSWORTH : THE GREAT CHAMBER OR STATE DINING-ROOM. CONTEMPORARY WOODWORK IN COUNTRY HOUSES. 225 the cost of building and of the part taken by the leading craftsmen are not wanting. Wcknow that our friend the plumber was at his tricks even in those days, for, under this head,a Mr. Cock…
