The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 412
nificent as to serve for circus, ballroom, andtheatre ; within them some 200 vehicles and 2000 horses were keptfor His Majestys use, with an army of coachmen, footmen, and valetswhose liveries cost half a million a year. To comb the kings wig,to watch and wash his dogs, to hand him each an article… … 308 DECORATIVE FURNITURE furnishings of Versailles cost some 13,000,000 livres, exclusive of thepictures and tapestries. Just as the gridiron-planned Spanish Palace of the Escorial isa memorial of the gloomy bigotry of its builder Philip ii., so is thePalace of Versailles typical of the ordered…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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