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 86
On the staircase strings we find theutmost prominence given to the favourite badge of the Royalists after the Restoration. Theysubstituted oak leaves and acorns for the bay leaf and berries which had been used freely as adecorative motif bv Inigo Jones. It was even intended, in commemoration of the… … FIG. 60. —THE STAIRCASE. GRINLING GIBBONS AND THE WOODWORK OF HIS AGE would be so much friction and ill-feeling on the subject that the project was abandoned. Thedecorative use of the oak leaf, however, remained, and the son of the man who was held to havebeen murdered for his loyalty would…
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