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Research questions

How did clients and consumers perceive the use of dimension and decorative stone in the period? What was the extent and motivation of stone reuse in building production? To what extent did consumers influence the shape of stone production in the period and to what extent were they passive receptors of professional and mercantile agendas and initiatives? Who were the principal metropolitan and regional suppliers of stone fittings and what level of co-ordination was involved in large-scale chimneypiece production? What was the relative agency of architect, sculptor, mason, and merchant in chimneypiece production?