Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 121
tain than that solid seasoned woodand fine carving to which the workman needed to give years. ThusParis took hold of the new style, and in taking hold of it made it herown, gave it eventually another identity, and at once a wonderful brill-iancy. The means taken to reach this identity and… … Louis Quatorze Chair. avoidance of it, as by that means greater variety of light and shade wasattained; and that was always the end in view, the convex and the con-cave alternating, gilt projection upon hollow background. Although thegeneral scheme was classical, countless details making no…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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