The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 289
hies of pas-toral occupations, of love, war,and of the chase. Pictorial effects were alsoaimed at, surpassing those ofthe earlier cloistered ItalianIntarsiatori, in natural aswell as stained, shaded, andengraved woods — examplesmay be seen in the panelsof colour plates of the MarieAntoinette… … THE RfiGENCE AND LOUIS XV. PERIODS 213 of Louis Quinze, almost the whole gamut of woods known toeighteenth - century ebenistes was used. Many of these fancy woodsare illustrated in our Colour Plates Nos. LXVII. and XC. Themost prominent constructionally (in addition to oak, which was, whenexposed,…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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