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Some account of domestic architecture in England, from Richard II to Henry VIII (1859)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford London, J. H. and J. Parker · leaf 128

An illustration from Some account of domestic architecture in England, from Richard II to Henry VIII, 1859, leaf 128 — wainscotingor stamped leather. Wainscotof the time of Henry viii. maygenerally be distinguished bythe pattern called the linenpanel, being an exact imita-tion of the folds of a linennapkin, sometimes with a re-presentation of the fringe, asin the abbots house at Beau-lieu, Hampshire. There is some… … 68 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE : FIFTEENTH CENTURY. to what they were originally ; and the effect is extremelyrich and gorgeous, without being at all tawdry. Thetapestry has been carefully repaired only; the stampedleather was too far gone, and has been exactly copied. The Flooring of the hall was…

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