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The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)

Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 188

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orking out of the new classic inspiration with thecompleteness usually characteristic of the Italian. The foil given bythe grim stone to the decorative woodwork is, however, not without apicturesque charm ; absent when—as at Fontainebleau—such mastersas Primaticcio, Leonardo da Vinci, and Andrea… … THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY 129 hundred and fifty guineas which were recently paid at a sale for abellows thus ornamented, but the materialist wastes his pity on himwhose work brings Eden to the craftsmans brain in reward fordevotion to his craft. Under the inspiration of the Renaissance, learning and…

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