Furniture and interior decoration of the Italian renaissance (1921)
Schottmüller, Frida, 1872-1936 · New York, Brentano's · leaf 19
ntel-piece or hood (fig. 538). Then it began frequently tobroaden out while the mantelpiece was emphasised bylending it an entablature, the supports being formedlike pilasters or enriched with balusters or columns. Allthe surfaces were ornamented or covered with storiedreliefs (figs. 539—550). When… … 8. Florentine Banqueting Hall (Feast of Aeneas and Dido). Painted on a Chest Kestner Museum, Hanover gable-shaped hood was fixed into the wall, or it washidden by plastic decorations (fig. 546)*). The doors likewise were sculptured-); and with themstill more than with the chimneys, the imitation of…
![An illustration from A short history of engraving [and] etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers (1908)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-shorthistoryofen00hinduoft-70-13.webp)
