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Hopton Wood stone
Hopton Wood stone. A very hard limestone from the Hopton Wood Quarries, near Middleton, Derbyshire, varying in colour from light grey to light tan, flecked with dark-grey glistening crystalline speckles. It can be cut to a smooth face and sharp ridge and takes a good polish. Jacob Epstein used a twenty-ton block of it for his tomb of Oscar Wilde (1912) in Père Lachaise Cemetery Paris, and other modern British sculptors who have used it include Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Hopton Wood stone." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Hopton Wood stone." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-HoptonWoodstone.html IAN CHILVERS. "Hopton Wood stone." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-HoptonWoodstone.html |
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Hopton Wood stone
Hopton Wood stone. A very hard limestone quarried at Middleton, Derbyshire (Hopton is nearby), varying in colour from light grey to light tan and speckled with dark-grey crystals. It can be cut to a smooth face and sharp ridge and takes a good polish. Jacob Epstein (notably for his tomb of Oscar Wilde), Henry Moore, and Barbara Hepworth are among the sculptors who have used it.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Hopton Wood stone." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Hopton Wood stone." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-HoptonWoodstone.html IAN CHILVERS. "Hopton Wood stone." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-HoptonWoodstone.html |
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