The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 385
e or less exactitude by the native craftsmen, who, consciously orunconsciously, gave the details a more Oriental appearance, andexported these copies to Europe. Such suites as that at Penshurstprobably originated thus. So many pieces of decorative furniture were imported into Spainfrom Flanders,… … INDO-PORTUGUESE MARRIAGE CHEST.{LORD CURZONS COLLECTION.) ITALIAN DECORATIVE FURNITURE FROM 1603 DECORATIVE art in Italyhas been so continuousand many-sided that atscarcely any period has theaesthetic fire been quenched;therefore, though we have toconfess that the Italian Renais-
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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