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)
and ceilings, often inwalnut, was enriched not only with carving and gilding, but withinar(|uetry of coloured woods, and inlays of ivory, ebony, precious metals,and even of marble. The floors were in ])ar(iuet work, or paved withmarbles, or with the faieiicc tiles, now made at home in imitationof… … 152. Toulouse: Hotel dAssezat.View in Court. THE STYLE OF HENRY II. 157 m^^ Ecouen. The wallsurfiices were cover-ed with fresco,tapestry, or dyedleather, and thesedecorations wereset in frames ofstucco, modelled inhigh relief witliscroll work andfigures in the round.Another form ofdecoration…
