Bond, Francis, 1850-1918 · London, New York, Toronto, H. Frowde · leaf 114
98 SCREENS AND GALLERIES are found numerous screens with indubitable Italian ornament.* Of these the earliest is the screen at Bridford, Devon, containing, however, little Renaissance detail. It is said to be of 1508, but that is an impossibly early date ; twenty years later would be early enough… … St Paul’s, Warden the county of Durham. The screen at Low Ham, Somerset, is an interesting specimen of Caroline Gothic. For a short time after the Reformation few screens were built, but by the beginning of the seventeenth century the Reformed * Mr F. Bligh Bond instances the screens at Swymbridge,…
Church architecture · Screens (Church decoration)
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