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 60
FIG. 43.—SCREEN IN BREWERS HALL, 1673. THE FIRST YEARS OF THE RESTORATION (1660-70). 43 … FIG. 44.—brewers hall : THE PARLOUR, 1670. the cartouches themselves appear to be of ehn, which has a tough and woolly fibre rendering aperfectly crisp treatment well-nigh impossible. The important point in this early example ofWrens woodwork is its strong similarity in design and in treatment to…
