. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ing that, though the style-purist mayausterely condemn, the artist finds real delight in its mellowed details. The placid history of Godinton is to be read upon its walls andceilings, from late Gothic to early Georgian times. The transitionsfrom style to style have, upon the whole, been deftly of the thickness of its walls and the depths of its recesseswas given when, upon the removal of two fireplaces fittings, it wasfound that behind each existed, not one as had been anticipated, buttwo former mantels, each w
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ing that, though the style-purist mayausterely condemn, the artist finds real delight in its mellowed details. The placid history of Godinton is to be read upon its walls andceilings, from late Gothic to early Georgian times. The transitionsfrom style to style have, upon the whole, been deftly of the thickness of its walls and the depths of its recesseswas given when, upon the removal of two fireplaces fittings, it wasfound that behind each existed, not one as had been anticipated, buttwo former mantels, each with ample hearths ! The Godinton stairway, embodying decorative woodwork of thefifteenth, the sixteenth, and the seventeenth centuries, is one of thefew plates in this work (each of which will be clearly indicated)representing an existing interior containing work of more than oneperiod. Being the natural outcome of the needs of successive genera-tions, the less sense of anachronism results: a plea which may beextended to justify the yet more modern stair BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNITURE—STUART, 1603-88 221 STUART TABLES
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