The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 174
odernliterature, had taught their countrymen to appreciate. Such subjectsbreathed anew the spuit of ancient Greece and Rome. The triumphof Christianity had been the doom of many a heathen legend inwhich some profound truth was embedded: the corn was sacrificedwith the chaff: winnowing being usually… … PANEL OF PILASTER, ITALIANRENAISSANCE. 118 DECORATIVE FURNITURE FLORENCE THE FONT From the days of Giotto until the sixteenth century Florencewas the font from which the inspii-ation of the new Art was chieflydrawn by the sister cities of Etruria. Indeed, the northern citieslong i-etained as…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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