The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 218
housedin the old-time royal palace and present-dayMus^e du Louvre, or even better, in the grimold Gothic home of the Abbe of Cluny, nowthe Mus^e Cluny, and in Pierre Lescots H6telCarnavalet. The most patriotic of Britons must concedethat the continental craftsmen were as muchsuperior in the… … CARVED BOOK PANEL. NIMES. insularity, heredity,or what not,—to thewriter there is anappeal in the bold,free domesticity ofEnglish decorativewoodwork which isnot found in themore formal work of SILHOUETTE. ORNAMENT BY DU CERCEAU. the ContineUt. As previously mentioned, the more Italianate modes of…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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