Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930 · New York ; London : Harper & brothers · leaf 228
THE NATIONAL QUALITIES OF PLAYFULNESS,QUAINTNESS WITH NATURALNESS, AND EIGHT-EENTH-CENTURY REFINEMENT, APPEAL IN THISITALIAN INTERPRETATION OF THE STYLE OF LOUISXV; A PAINTED CABINET, OLD YELLOW BACK-GROUND WITH DULL RED AND GREEN NATURALISTICMOTIFS COMBINED WITH ROCAILLE. … SEE HOW CLASSIC LINE AND PROPORTION ANDTHE CLASSIC QUALITIES OF SIMPLICITY AND RE-STRAINT MAKE A LOUIS XVI CABINET A JOY. HISTORIC PERIODS ANALYZED AND APPLIED tentious, hypocritical, and theatrical of all Europeanperiods, was centered around Versailles, and the building,furnishing, and decorating…
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