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 249
years of Charles Hs reign Wren was busy at Winchester not onlyfor the King, but for the Bishop. The scheme for a great Royal palace proved a fiasco.Only a small portion of it ever was built, and no Sovereign ever inhabited it. The samefate threatened the episcopal residence of Wolvesey, for Bishop… … FIG. 221. PANEL OF THE SCREEN. Gibbons. CONTEMPORARY WOODWORK IN COUNTRY HOUSES. 233 screen is a well designed, though very plain, example of the day. In complete contrastwith its simplicity is the rich decoration of the woodwork which was at the same periodintroduced into the College Chapel. The…
