Furniture and interior decoration of the Italian renaissance (1921)
Schottmüller, Frida, 1872-1936 · New York, Brentano's · leaf 24
ough their noble proportions and beautyof workmanship revealed the high cultured taste of thisflourishing age. Still as late as the XVIIth century,furniture of an austere simplicity was made in someparts of Italy, which, apart from their decoration, betraythe late period of their birth by their… … The Chest or Coffer 14. Later part of the XVIth Century,Painted Linen Wall Hanging Kunstgewerbe-Muscum, Frankfort on the Maine Coffers are nowadays often knownby their Italian name Cassone, butduring the Italian Renaissance, theywere sometimes called forzierel).Forziere means chest or box, and upto…
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