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)
rleans Wixg.—A theme which under the rather uninspiredtreatment of a Le Mercier leaves one cold was to prove capable, whentouched with the master hand of a Mansart, of exciting feelings of theliveliest admiration and awe. The so-called Orleans Wing at Blois (seeplan, Fig. 48) is part of a vast…
