The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 287
the master.Even in the transition from Regence to the Rocaille-rococo the playof line continued for some years to be decorous aesthetically, if nottechnically, and its self-satisfaction to be genially infectious. Perhaps the best kno\vn of the chefs doeuvres usually attributedto this period is the… … ROCAILLE C1.0CK BY JACQUESCAFFIERI. VERSAILLES. ROCOCO OR ROCAILLE, terms compounded of the two French words for rock and shells,—rocailleand coquaille, to which many of the decorative details of the stylebear resemblance. This development of the Louis xv. style was largely the French THE REGENCE…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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