The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 398
tended towards the heaviness typicalof a race deviating so seldom fromthe stolid that one reads with amaze-ment of the tulipomania, whichbeset them in 1636 strongly enoughto leave its mark upon the details oftheir decorative furniture. The artists and craftsmen of theNetherlands, whether Dutch or… … THE NETHERLANDS FROM 1603 299 the service of Mazarin, has been handed down to posterity as anexpert in the ehenistes art, together with Lucas Faydherbe, thecarver-architect, one of whose masterpieces in boxwood is in theNational Collection. CRISPIN VAN DEN PASSE, whose book, Boutique Ifenuiserie,…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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