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"Even to Deception" – lace and fashion in Gibbons' carving
For centuries, Grinling Gibbons' limewood cravat has been treasured as an exceptional work of art: incredibly lifelike and technically accomplished. Carvings by Gibbons in imitation of Venetian needle-point lace appear in several, more extensive, works but this is his only known stand-alon...