The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 348
f La Savonnerie,furniture of mahogany, rosewood, amboyna, and many other woods,mounted with gilt bronze, cast and chased, and plaques of Se\Tesare sparingly placed. Bronze figures surmount the marble clocks.Vases, and covers of bleu de roi and w^hite or green ceil de perdrizSevres adorn the marble… … CALINDER BUREAU, ASCRIBED TO RONTOEN.VERSAILLES. the earlier part of theeighteenth century ruledby the stately formalismof the Louis Qiiatmze ; pro-ducing in its revolt there-from the capricious eleganceof the Lotiis Quinze; andere the next reign discard-ing this in turn, to culminatein the simple…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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