The architecture of the Renaissance in France; a history of the evolution of the arts of building, decoration and garden design under classical influence from 1495 to 1830 (1911)
permanent decoration were still a luxury reserved for halls of Stateand the chambers of the wealthiest, but entrances, staircases, and thefeatures of the princi[)al a[)artments were richly treated. Rib and coffervaults in many patterns, and slone-slab ceilings with pendents were inuse in the ])arts… … 80. Paris: Hotel de Ville, by Domemco Eernabei oe Cortona(Boccador) ; (Begun 1532; Burnt Down 1871). From an Old Pnnt. rule, but panelled ceilings became commoner, as also did parquet workfor floors, and stone, marble, or tile patterns for paving both in halls andcourts. The courts of the chateaux…
