A study of the work of 17th century decorative woodcarver Grinling Gibbons, whose work adorns the interiors of Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral, Badminton, Burghley and Petworth. Tools, workshop practice, materials and finishing are all dealt with in detail.
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'A marvellous study; erudite, genial and well-informed. The book has a rare intimacy with its subject' Independent on Sunday
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