The art of the Wallace Collection, including an account of its founders, a description of the pictures, and a survey of the chief exhibits in the galleries devoted to objects of art and arms and armour (1913)
Shelley, Henry C. (Henry Charles) · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 334
lthe larger arts, the cabinet became the epitome ofthe lesser. How lavishly the cabinet-makers of the eight-eenth century decorated their work is cogently illus-trated by the seven upright secretaires which standin Gallery Eighteen. Three of these examples weremade by Riesener, one being of… … RIESENER. — UPRIGHT SECRETAIRE. ffurntture 233 were made by Thomire. The two plaques, however,are said to be in the style of Clodion and are be-lieved to have been designed by him. That whichadorns the upper panel of the escritoire is an ex-quisite piece of metal low-relief, its subject beingthe…
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