The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 53
ND ROMANESQUE The peaceful and refined arts associated with the furnishing ofthe home were little likely, even if flourishing, to survive amid thebarbaric panorama of incessant war and religious persecution whichlasted from the capture of Rome by the Goths in 410 a.d. until thefall of… … ance of Mahomet and his creed by the Arab races, the slower butfinally even more far-reaching acceptance of Christianity by theEuropean, and the resulting struggle of the rival creeds for Jeru-salem : the times were destructive rather thanconstructive of the applied arts and crafts. To the lover of…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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