The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 408
tly on account of the marshy ground, fevercontinuously raged among them. Prodigiouscartloads of dead are taken away every night as from the H6telDieu, writes Madame de Sevigue. Were the human butterflies who flitted through the artificialArcadian glades and scenes of Versailles incommoded by… … FAUTEUIL. VERSAILLES.LOUIS XIV. THE LOUIS XIV. PERIOD 307 80 reminiscent of the Arabian Nights, and was so uniquely significanta revelation of Louis Quatorze, the man and the style, that evenslight glimpses of its fascinating history will help us to understandthe period. Jules Hardouin Mansart, the…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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