The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 499
e delicate in both conceptionand execution than its Dutch prototype. The Dutch and other continental treatment of the acanthusin inlaying was more spiky, complicated, and shaded than theEnglish. Ere the end of William and Marys reign, the acanthus hadlargely displaced the flowers and leaves of late… … 384 DECORATIVE FURNITURE writing-table in Colour Plate XLVII.—which continued duringthe succeeding reign. From the accession of Queen Anne, marqueteriefell into comparative disuse, in common with other enrichments. Did Englishmen or Dutchmen execute the greater part of thefine marqueterie made in…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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