Paul N. Hasluck. HISTORY OF WOOD CARVING : STYLES OF CARVED ORNAMENT Fig . 298. - Carved Doorway in Church of Aal. CARVING in Wood is undoubtedly of very great antiquity . To realise this , upon the theory that the life history of the ...

... of the practice of wood - carving are contained in the Sacred Writings ; for instance , the frequent mention of the burning of idols goes far to prove that they were carved wooden figures . 31 ON THE ANTIQUITY AND HISTORY OF WOOD-CARVING.

... history of wood carving. Zhejiang Dongyang woodcarving was very famous in the Song Dynasty. The Su Shi Tang still in the territory is built by local artisans in the Ming Dynasty, and the wood carvings are extremely magnificent. During ...

... history of wood carving is more or less unwritten in words but not in deeds . Probably the greatest wood carver of any time was Grinling Gibbons of England . I have seen many pictures of his work but , to my knowledge , have never seen ...

L. K. Karunaratne. HISTORY OF WOOD CARVING Wood has been used in buildings and the making of household utensils from very early times . Due to the very perishable nature of the material itself , only examples of the last two or three ...

... History of Wood Carving , " said that the art wood - carvers found much employment . They country . Mr. Rogers said he intended to move had , unfortunately , very little recorded history . were very probably the designers of much of ...

Paul Nooncree Hasluck. HISTORY OF WOOD CARVING : STYLES OF CARVED ORNAMENT Fig . 298. Carved Doorway in Church of Aal ,. CARVING in wood is undoubtedly of very great antiquity . To realise this , upon the theory that the life history of ...

Sir John Loader Maffey. The history of wood - carving in the last thirty years is nowhere more plainly written than in the streets of Pilibhit . Evidently the city was formerly a great centre of wood - carving . The bazaar is a long ...

... history of wood - carving goes thousands of years back , although this cannot be attested by examples of ancient craftsmanship , owing to the perishable nature of wood . The comparative analysis of certain decorative motifs , and of ...

... history of wood carving . With regard to the latter , fine furniture and decorative objects were made of wood during the 18th century , particularly by Anton Anreith ( 1754-1822 ) , 4 but the Western Cape does not form part of the great ...