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 95
ells us that when he first visited Cassiobury about 1835 he found everythingas the carver left it, but that when he w-ent again in 186^ all this charmingwork had been covered over and loaded with a thick brown paint and heavy varnish.All the feathering of the birds and veining of the leafage were… … FIGS, 70 ,\ND 71. — IN THE LITTLE DINING-ROOM. except in the case of the fighting cocks and a few other subsidiarv pieces, the carvings showthe grain of the wood through the thick stain, and still thicker varnish, which, although they donot smother the carving, yet certainly roll it of its dehcacy…
