The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 54
Northern barbarians. ^ ^ From MEDIEVAL STOOL. ELEVENTH CENTURY. j^ arose the Gothic with its … mediaeval STOOL. ELEVENTHCENTURY. pointed arch, but in Italy the Classic tradition, though emasculated,yet survived, and was comparatively less aflected by Gothic art untilthe Renaissance. The tenets of the Mohammedan faith, by their interdict of thehuman figure in art, gave rise to the Arabesque…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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