. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . 196 DECORATIVE FURNITURE have been one of the noblest palaces in Europe. The ceiling of theHall was painted by Rubens in Antwerp, at a cost of £3000. Inigo Jones influence upon the decorative woodwork of theStuart period was greater than can be gauged by the record of hisactual achievements in interior design, one of the most interesting ofwhich is the chimneypiece at Wilton House illustrated in ColourPlate XXX. His ideals and interpretations of Renaissance weredominant in the work of his son-in-law and nephew, John Webb,one of
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . 196 DECORATIVE FURNITURE have been one of the noblest palaces in Europe. The ceiling of theHall was painted by Rubens in Antwerp, at a cost of £3000. Inigo Jones influence upon the decorative woodwork of theStuart period was greater than can be gauged by the record of hisactual achievements in interior design, one of the most interesting ofwhich is the chimneypiece at Wilton House illustrated in ColourPlate XXX. His ideals and interpretations of Renaissance weredominant in the work of his son-in-law and nephew, John Webb,one of his many pupils, and it may well be supposed that even SirChristopher Wren derived much from the earlier master. Inigo Jones was Surveyor of Works to CHARLES THE FIRST The first and almost the only connoisseur among Englands monarchs;a friend of Rubens and Van Dyck, the purchaser of the RaphaelCartoons; the monarch of whom it has been said that he knew all thearts, except that of governing. It is a strange coincidence that our English Charles i. and Louis xvi.
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