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The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)

Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 188

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spacing of the carving, thebold projection of the busts, and their semicircular-headed enclosure,its details are quite as reminiscent of the style associated with thatmonarchs predecessor Louis the Twelfth. The contrast between the richness of the ornament bedeckingthe exteriors of those colossal… … THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY 129 hundred and fifty guineas which were recently paid at a sale for abellows thus ornamented, but the materialist wastes his pity on himwhose work brings Eden to the craftsmans brain in reward fordevotion to his craft. Under the inspiration of the Renaissance, learning and…

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