Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 459
fe. Butthe style and con-struction of the greathouses continued tobe purely English,and it was only inthe details that theforeign Renaissanceinfluences showedthemselves. TheGermans and Flem-ings and Hollanderswere employed to de-sign doorways and balustrades and carved ornament,and marble columns… … Fig. 267.—Doric Chimney-Tops,Lacock Abbey. ORNAMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN Under these conditions classic design could notflourish, and the Orders made slow progress in popularfavor. They appear on the exterior of Longleat, Kirby(1576), Wollaton, in the form of chimney-tops (Fig.267) on Burghley (1603)…
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