Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 118
3roduce solidity without alto-gether losing grace, although it must be confessed that, in lacking thenobler size of its prototype, it does not entirely escape stiffness, in spiteof its generally pleasing effect. … 114 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. XVII. THE LOUIS QUATORZE. THE grace and beauty of the Renaissance, while it was still pursuingits serene course in Italy, and endeavoring to make headway againstthe Gothic in England, had been falling into neglect in France, so thatthe lovely furnitures of…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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