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The decoration and furniture of English mansions during the seventeenth & eighteenth centuries,

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lenygon, Francis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, London, Scribner's, T.W. Laurie, 1909.
Subjects:
Interior decoration > England.
Furniture > England > History > 17th century.
Furniture > England > History > 18th century.
Architecture > England.
Architecture, Renaissance > England.
Meubles > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Meubles > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Architecture > Angleterre.
Architecture de la Renaissance > Angleterre.
Architecture.
Architecture, Renaissance.
Furniture.
Interior decoration.
England.
1600-1799
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory
  • List of Plates
  • The Early English Renaissance
  • The Period of Inigo Jones
  • The Period of Wren
  • The Period of William Kent
  • The Latter Half of the Eighteenth Century
  • Tapestries
  • Wood Panelling
  • Plaster Ornamentation
  • The School of Grinling Gibbons
  • Decorative Paintings
  • Velvets & Damasks
  • Lacquered Furniture
  • English Gesso Work
  • Early Georgian Chimney-Pieces
  • The Lighting of Rooms
  • Carpets
  • Books of Reference
  • Index.