. The trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Trees; Trees. Common Oak J) 41 styles may be seen in the galleries of the South Kensington Museum, among which that taken out of Sizergh Castle, Westmoreland, is, though rough in workmanship, a good example of ornamentation with native wood. One of the most elaborate instances of room-decoration in woodwork of old times is seen in the dining-room at Gilling Casde, near York, formerly the property of the Fairfax family, now belonging to W. S. Hunter, Esq. It is a room about 30 by 20 feet, and is panelled with large panels of oak, in oblongs 2 feet 4 i
. The trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Trees; Trees. Common Oak J) 41 styles may be seen in the galleries of the South Kensington Museum, among which that taken out of Sizergh Castle, Westmoreland, is, though rough in workmanship, a good example of ornamentation with native wood. One of the most elaborate instances of room-decoration in woodwork of old times is seen in the dining-room at Gilling Casde, near York, formerly the property of the Fairfax family, now belonging to W. S. Hunter, Esq. It is a room about 30 by 20 feet, and is panelled with large panels of oak, in oblongs 2 feet 4 inches wide and 3 feet deep, surrounded by heavy carved mouldings. Each panel is inlaid with highly intricate and varied geometrical patterns in narrow lines of black and white wood, which I believe to be bog oak and holly, inlaid in narrow lines, and forming an elongated diamond in the middle of the panel. The four corners of each. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922; Henry, Augustine, 1857-1930. Edinburgh, Priv. Print.
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