The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 399
wedclosely behind Venice, and precededFrance, in the making of the sombreinlaid ebony work which we have notedas characteristic of the Italian mobiliarystyles and the Gallic modes of HenriQuatre and Louis Treize. Towards theend of the latter reign the Dutchappear to have made metal and redshell… … 300 DECORATIVE FURNITURE were practically identical with those of Belgium of the present dayuntil the advent of Louis xiv.—had been the equals or leaders ofFrance in the evolution of mobiliary modes. Both became imitators of the contemporary styles of Louis xiv.,XV,, and xvi. In Holland the…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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