andmore refined beauty of the LittleTrianon. All is fine ; nothing issuperfine. No more exquisitebronze work is to be met withthan that which, rivalling thefinest goldsmiths work in delicac) and finish, characterizes the furniture mounts of this period. The influence ofthe ill-fated Queen Marie… … IliKIOD OF LOLI^ XVI. (SOLTH KENSIXGTOn). THE EMPIRE STYLE. CINCE the Revolution there has been no decorative style in France ofsupreme excellence. That known as Empire was characterized in manyof its ornaments by a stiff and affected classicism, which had been introducedunder the guidance of Uavid…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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