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 38
iture that they brought home with them in 1660. While England had been in a state of political turmoil and uncertainty, or was governed bymen who looked askance at art, the Dutch Republic had moved rapidly to wealth and prosperityand was ambitious of a-sthetic achievement. The demand for fine work… … FIGS. 19 AND 20.—DROPS FROM THE STADTHUYS (NOW THE PALACe) AMSTERDAM. slack in England. So, after all, there is nothing unreasonable in the theory that GrinlingGibbons father was Simon Gibbons, whose name is associated, as a master carpenter, with InigoJones. The building that was the chief care of…
