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)
242 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. … 236. Blois : Orleans Wing. Carved Stone Decoration of Staircase Hall. emphasised by a semicircular pediment enclosing a cartouche andbuttressed by trophies, a motive borrowed from Verneuil. Internallylittle is left of Gastons splendour but the vigorous decoration of thestaircase hall (Fig. 236).…