Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930 · New York ; London : Harper & brothers · leaf 218
THIS ILLUSTRATION CF A MODERN LIBRARY AND LIVING-ROOMCOMBINED SHOWS THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF FUNC-TION AND DECORATIVE PLACING. IT IS FRENCH EIGHTEENTHCENTURY IN ITS WALL TREATMENT, WITH EMPIRE MANTEL ANDDECORATIVE OBJECTS COMBINED WITH MODERN COMFORTABLEFURNITURE AND ANTIQUE LOUIS XVI,… … ^HA ^i. THE TENDENCY TO STICK ON OR IN IRRELEVANT, BADLY CHOSENAND BADLY SCALED HISTORIC ORNAMENT DID NOT BEGIN WITHADVERTISING DISPLAY. UGLINESS ALSO ANTEDATED THIS GENER-ATION (GOTHIC adaptation). HISTORIC PERIODS ANALYZED AND APPLIED France was always, from 1500 on, the center of fashionin art.…
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