Chats on old furniture : a practical guide for collectors (1906)
Hayden, Arthur, 1868-1946 · New York : F. A. Stokes · leaf 164
f thereign fun.iture wasmade with severelines, but graduallyit became the prac-tice to fashion largerpieces. Immensetables with sumptu-ous decoration, ongilded claw feet, andhaving tops inlaid•with, pietra-dura in-tended to carrybronze groups andporphyry vases, chair ov period of louis xiii. were… … 1(H) I HATS ON OLD riliMnKK ideas of Louis XIV., who had an inordinate love forperfect symmetry, huge pieces of furniture were Ijuiltin maf^nificent manner to please the taste of theGraudc Monanjuc. Men <jf genius were employed inthe manufacture of tapestries, of furniture, and ofmetal…
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