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)
I 0 20 iFEET 8 iMETRES 20. So-Called House of Agnes Sorel, Orleans : Elevation to Street. House of Agnes Sorel.—A house in the Rue du Tabourg atOrleans (called the Maison dAgnes Sorel, though built long after hertime) is a good example of the dwelling of a substantial burgess (Figs.19 and 20). In… … 21. Interior. 22. Exterior. Hotel dAlluye, Blois : Loggia in Courtyard. of Renaissance profile, but the mouldings are recessed ; the stringsterminate in ressauts of semicircular plan resting on knots of foliage,and hood moulds return partly down the sides of windows and arecarried on corbels. The…