London; New York: Published at the offices of “Country Life,” 20, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, W.C., and by George Newnes, Ltd., 8-11, Southampton Street, Strand, W.C. Charles Scribner’s Sons., MCMXIV
Physical Description
xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 40 cm.
Series Title
Country Life Library of Architectural Monographs
General Note
The printer is named on the verso of the half-title pages: `Hudson & Kearns Limited, Printers, London, S.E.'
Contents
I. The rise of the joiner -- II. The influence of Inigo Jones on woodwork -- III. England’s debt to the continent -- IV. The first years of the restoration (1660-1670) -- V. Grinling Gibbons’ early years -- VI. Grinling Gibbons discovered at Evelyn -- VII. Hugh May and Grinling Gibbons at Windsor -- VIII. Hugh May and Grinling Gibbons at Cassioubury -- IX. Grinling Gibbons, sculptor, draughtsman and designer -- X. Wren and Gibbons at St. Paul’s -- XI. Wren and Gibbons at the Royal Palaces -- XII. Wren and Gibbons: at the universities -- XIII. Contemporary woodwork in London -- XIV. Gibbons in country houses: Petworth and Belton -- XV. Grinling Gibbons in various country houses -- XVI. Contemporary woodwork in country houses -- XVII. The close of the Grinling Gibbons period -- Index
Provenance
The front pastedown carries a Royal Academy bookplate inscribed in ink, 'Present[ed] by Mr. E. Vincent Harris'
Binding Note
Paper covered boards with quarter cloth binding. Lettered in gold on spine `Grinling Gibbons and the woodwork of his age (1648-1720). H. Avray Tipping. Country Life'