The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 294
paces, whilst the Englishmethod is usually to insert hackneyed and thin ornament, whose onlymerit is its cheapness. England to-day probably possesses finer examples of the greatGallic art craftsmen of the eighteenth century than France herself,having, doubtless, profited more than any other country… … TPIl^ RI^.GENCE AND LOUIS XV. PERIODS 217 THE BUREAU DU ROI In the Bulletin de la Society des Antiquaires in 1886 waspublished a state document of the period descriptive of the pro-cedure adopted in the making of this masterpiece, and incidentallythrowing light upon the extraordinary pains taken to…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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