The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 377
the Reign ofTerror and the iron sway of Napoleon, bedsteads,cradles, and couches were formed in the shapes ofgondolas and shells, and became somewhat re-miniscent of Du Cerceau and Berain in theirdesign. Lafayette, it is recorded, used a shell-shaped bed hung with blue-and-white curtains. The… … FRENCH DECORATIVE FURNITURE, 1795 1815 285 and Compiegne, and the canopied bed of the Empress Josephine stillpreserved at Fontainebleau. Its doming and posts, ormolu ornamentsand crossed festoons of beads, pendant from embroidered satincurtains, distinctly suggest the catafalque. The whole…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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