Chats on old furniture : a practical guide for collectors (1906)
Hayden, Arthur, 1868-1946 · New York : F. A. Stokes · leaf 186
out of balance at once. Of this fact the inventorswere well aware. If Dutch furniture requires thequiet, restful art of Cu)p or Van der Necr, or Metzuor Jan Steen on the surrounding walls, the interiorsof Louis Quinze demand the works of contemporaryFrench genre-painters. FRENCH FURNITURE 181 All… … LOUIS XV. SECRETAIRE.By Riesener, in liis eaiiier manner. IN TRANSITIONAL STYLE, APIROACHING LOUISSEIZE PERIOD. (Wallace Collection.) and for the table. Tapestries from Beauvais, Gobelins,and Aubusson, rich silks from the looms of Lyons,or from Lucca, Genoa, or Venice were made for wall-hangings,…
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