The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 402
a burgomaster air. It seems conclusive to the writerthat Flanders and Holland followedclosely behind Venice, and precededFrance, in the making of the sombreinlaid ebony work which we have notedas characteristic of the Italian mobiliarystyles and the Gallic modes of HenriQuatre and Louis Treize.… … WALNUT INLAID BUREAU. FLEMISH. LATESEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 300 DECORATI^^E FURNITURE were practically identical with those of Belgium of the present dayuntil the advent of Louis xiv.—had been the equals or leaders ofFrance in the evolution of mobiliary modes. Both became imitators of the contemporary…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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