The arts connected with building: lectures on craftsmanship and design delivered at Carpenters hall, London wall, for the worshipful company of carpenters (1909)
Davison, T. Raffles (Thomas Raffles), 1853-1937 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 229
DECORATIVE IRONWORK. England could have executed it in iron. Both Wolsey and Henry VIIL, gorged with wealth, desired to eclipse all their predecessors in the superlative magnificence of their monu- ments, but Henry despoiled AVolsey, and when he himself died, no one cared to honour his memory, and… … Gates at Emral Hall, Elintshire (the overthrow has now fallen). preparations made by either are the bronze candlesticks at Ghent and the black touchstone sarcophagtis in which Nelson rests. Apart from the monuments to Henry ATII.’s two daughters, no further grandiose memorials were devised to…
Worshipful Company of Carpenters (London, England) · Architecture · Decoration and ornament · Interior decoration
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