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Book Review
Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 93–94
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Luyster, Amanda (Luyster, Amanda)
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Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages By Lucy Donkin. 504 pp. incl. 76 col. + 8 b. & w. ills. (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2022), $69.95. ISBN 978–1–5017–5112–7. | :
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The floral marquetry floor at Burghley House
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 752-759
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Bowett, Adam (Bowett, Adam)
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10. Detail of the table illustrated in Fig.6.
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12. Scriptor. c.1685. Walnut and marquetry of various woods on an oak carcase, 263 by 119.5 by 51 cm. (Birmingham Museums Trust).
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13. A marquetry tulip from a cabinet attributed to Jan van Mekeren. c.1700–10. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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14. Detail of the cabinet illustrated in Fig.18, showing the same marquetry tulip.
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15. Butterflies from the commode illustrated in Fig.4 (a and b); the table illustrated in Fig.6 (c); the cabinet illustrated in Fig.18 (d).
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16 and 17. Details from J. Jonston: Historiae Naturalis de Insectis Libri III, Amsterdam 1657, pls.viii and vi, showing the sources for the butterflies shown in Fig.15.
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18. Cabinet, attributed to Jan van Mekeren. c.1695–1710. Walnut and marquetry of various woods on an oak carcase, 205.5 by 174 by 61 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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2. Table, here attributed to Mayhew and Ince. c.1767. Oak and other woods, the top made from the centre of a 17th-century marquetry floor, 76.5 by 149 by 125.5 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford).
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3. Corner commode, one of a pair, supplied by Mayhew and Ince. 1767. Mahogany and other woods with gilt brass, incorporating 17th-century marquetry, 97 by 100 by 61.5 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford).
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4. Commode, one of a pair, supplied by Mayhew and Ince. 1767. Mahogany and other woods with gilt brass, incorporating 17th-century marquetry, 97.5 by 145 by 72 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford).
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5. Folding writing table, attributed to Gerrit Jensen. c.1685. Walnut and other woods and bone, 75 by 86.5 by 29.5 cm. (Burghley House, Stamford).
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6. Top of a table, attributed to Gerrit Jensen. c.1686. Walnut and other woods and bone, 73 by 106 by 83.5 cm. (Windsor Castle; Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022).
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7. Top of the writing table illustrated in in Fig.5.
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8. Top of a candlestand, one of a pair, attributed to Gerrit Jensen. c.1686. Walnut and other woods with bone, diameter 43cm. (Hampton Court Palace; Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022; photograph the author).
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9. Marquetry tulips from (a) the oval table illustrated in Fig.2; (b) the writing table illustrated in Figs.5 and 7; (c) the commode illustrated in Fig.4); and (d) the table illustrated in Fig.6.
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1. The Inlaid Closet, Drayton House, Northamptonshire. c.1685–90. Veneers of walnut and other woods on an oak substrate. (Courtesy Drayton House, Northamptonshire).
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11. Detail of the scriptor illustrated in Fig.12.