The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 171
classicdetails, was least affected byeccentricities, and held out longestagainst the decay of taste through-out Italy. Despite the degree of quickenedsensibility and the essentially civilnature of the movement, Floren-tine workmen were accorded, underthe Renaissance, no such licenceas that given to… … ITALIAN MIRROR FRAME. NATIONAL COLLECTION. the furniture increasingly. Inthe cabinets made in imitation of temples and palaces the fittingstend to be copies in miniature of the details of architecturalinteriors, even to the imitation of perspective effects. This is especiallynoticeable in the next…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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