Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 473
ther English work of the timecompares with his in richness of a floridkind and in combined vigor and delicacyof execution (Figure 90). Much othercarving of the end of the 17th and of the 18th centuryis notably rich and effective (Figs. 278, 279). Wrens work is always dignified and well composed.He… … IONDOH: bow Fig. 280.—SteepleOF Bow Church(St. Mary-le-Bow), London,BY Wren. ORNAMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN towers, in which by simple and inexpensive means heaccomplished charming results of silhouette (Fig. 280).James Gibbs (1682-1754) followed with success some-what the same lines, and his beautiful…
Decoration and ornament
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