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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 408

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ste, was the revival in England of a desire for marqueterie: suchdesigns as the mirror shown, from an example of this period, evidencethe trend towards the Dutch marqueterie modes. Woollen carpets enriched with gold and silver thread, and of patternand colouring such as that shown (from the Salting… … THE LOUIS XIV. PERIOD OF FRENCHDECORATIVE FURNITURE—1643-1715 When life was wholly operatic.^—Taine E now reach the long reign of the first of the two French kings who, for more than a century, sowed the seeds of national SKETCH Fou cAi-iTAL discontent, reaped in the swelter of revolution by their…

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