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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 224

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of themighty empire ruled by the far-flung sceptre of Charles the Fifth ofGermany and First of Spain. The practical commencement ofthe picturesque Spanish Renaissancedates, however, from the beginningof the sixteenth century, after thereconquest of Granada. MOORISH INFLUENCE The Moslem occupation… … 158 DECORATIVE FURNITURE ornament, and furnished a precedent for grafting the new interpretationof cla^ic ornament upon the Mudejar-Gothie. Wliilst recognising thetendency to unduly emphasise Moorish influence upon the Spanish taste,one must not disregard the fact that the Christians manifested…

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