The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 181
ed couch-bed and wardrobe. BELLOWS It is characteristic of the loving thorough-ness of artists and craftsmen of the Renaissancein Italy and France, that an equal amount ofdecoration was lavished upon even such homelyand utilitarian articles as the bellows. Theywere carved and gilt; grotesques,… … PLATE XVII PETITE CREDENCE, FRANgOIS I Mus^K DE Cluny, Paris Length, 3 ft. 10 in.; height, 4 ft. 9 in.; depth, 1 ft. 7 in. Circa 1520 Though doubtless the official ascription of this piece to the days ofFrancis the First is accurate, yet in the spacing of the carving, thebold projection of the…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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