Pollen, John Hungerford, 1820-1902 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education, by Chapman and Hall · leaf 109
FURNITURE . 97 Sir Christopher Wren, as in the bracket here shown, was long continued in connexion with architecture and furniture. … Another style was carried to the highest pitch of technical execu- tion and finish, as well as of truth of natural forms in the carving of Grinling Gibbons. This artist was English, but partially of Dutch descent. He carved foliage, birds, flowers, busts and figures, pieces of drapery, &c., with…
Furniture · Woodwork
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