The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 337
oftenpainted their furniture white and in reticent blues, greens, and greys,similar to those employed for the panellings and textiles : gilding partsof the ornament, and at times using graining to imitate rosewood andother woods. Perhaps the most marked change in the structure of… … CAHAPt. LOUIS XVI. MUsf.E DES ARTS DfiCORATIFS PARIS. THE LOUIS XVI. DECORATIVE FUllMTLKE 253 cabriole, however, lingered long, especially persisting upon the consoletable, which was still used, but usually much smaller, and shorn of itsdecorative details. JARDINlfeRES AND TABLES, small, dainty,…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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