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Roodscreens and roodlofts (1909)

Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London, I. Pitman · leaf 130

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town, Montgomery (Figs. 63a and b), in whichthe idea of twisted tendril-work is very strongly brought out. There is a strikingsimilarity between some of this detail and the interlaced tendril patterns which we findincised upon early stonework, and which seems to imply a web of plaited wickerworkas… … Fig. 63 But those who designed and executed the earlier wooden screens betray a want ofknowledge of the material and of a sufficient familiarity with its capabilities. Theirwork is simply an imitation of stone, with often the same proportions given to mouldingsthat would be suitable in the latter…

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