The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 356
i\\ THE LOUIS XVL PElliOD 265 on the tragic anachronisms of a kingdom which, for more than acentury, produced the most luxuriously decorative furniture whilestarvation stalked through the land: which witnessed at itsbeginning men bowing servilely down before the table at whichtheir monarch ate and… … THE DIRECTOIRE AND EMPIREPERIODS OF FRENCH DECORATIVEFURNITURE, 1795-1815 THE DIRECTORY, 1795-1799: THE CONSULATE, 1799-1804: THE FIRST EMPIRE, 1804-1815 STUDY of its decorative environment is ofno small aid to realising the intenselydramatic chapter in French historywhich ensued upon the expiation…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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