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 46
her Continental nations.We find, therefore, bothdesign and executionmuch as Inigo Jones leftthem before his death in1652. Any change theremay have been was byway of a backsliding, forJones had left no succes-sor with anything likehis natural and acquiredmastery over form andproportion.… … FIG, 29.—FONT COVER, DURHAM CATHEDRAL. GRINLING GIBBONS AND THE WOODWORK OF HIS AGE. and the strongest argument in favour of the earher date is its excehence. Without anygreat elaboration, there is a perfection about the designing of its woodwork and otherinternal fittings which tells of Inigo…