A History of Architecture in London, Arranged to Illustrate the Course of Architecture in England Until 1800

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Those belonging to the Brewers', Stationers', and Vintners' Companies are notable examples, the Hall Screen of the last named being shown in Fig. 212. Reside the hall, the companies had richh'-decorated court-rooms, with finel}'-modellecl plaster ceilings and chimney- all the resources of the school Grinlingf Gibbons. A room bv pieces decorated with of craftsmen founded of this type is that at the New River Com- pany's Offices (Fig.
213), where the con- trast between the dark oak carving and th
...e beautiful plastered and painted ceiling is most effective.
The Museum at South Kensington has secured one of the finest small rooms of the period, taken from Clifford's Inn, Fleet Street(Fig. 2 1 4).
The oak panels are boldly raised by means of the projecting (bolection) mouldings. The doorwa)'s have carved pediments of great beauty (Fig. 215), and are surrounded b}' an architrave enriched with foliage. The chimne\'-piece and overmantel, the archi- tectural lines of which are quite simple, is almost overloaded with carved festoons of fruit and flowers.


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