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 25
cial position to build sumptuously during the Common-wealth. The south elevation of Wilton having been burnt down in 1647 he commissioned InigoJones to rebuild it. As he entertained Cromv/ell at Ramsbury, his other Wiltshire seat, in 1649we may presume the works at Wilton were then in progress, and… … FIG. 3.—ENGLISH P.i\NELLING. CIRCA 163O. FIG. 4.—.\T ST. JOHNS COLLEGE, OXFORD. to represent Inigo Jones mature style. What we chiefly notice in such rooms as the Doubleand Single Cubes is that each one is a decorative entity. Various craftsmen in different branchesof the decorative arts have not…
