Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 253
hoto. A. Schcelchcr and O. Dccugis.) 229 -VERSAILLES. LA COL R DE MARBRE. shimmering folds at the baseof marble pilasters and pre-cious vases (Fig. 485). The Gobelins factory, en-larged and directed by LeBrun, made the furniture forVersailles; the thousandproducts of this human hivecorrposed a… … FIG. 47Q.—OHATEAl OF VERSAILLES. FACADE FROM THE GARDENS. brass, with inlays of pewter and tortoise shell, he built up cabinets which were much appre-ciated by his contempo-raries; they were markedby the qualities dear tothe age; these pieces offurniture, with their pre-cious materials and…
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