Furniture and interior decoration of the Italian renaissance (1921)
Schottmüller, Frida, 1872-1936 · New York, Brentano's · leaf 34
e back (fig. 394). -) Sometimes they were ornamented with reliefs, this beingan unsuitable decoration because it made leaning- uncomfor-table. — The so-called Savonarola X chair was also known inthe Alpine countries and in South Germany, in the XVIthcentury. H) Upholstery in most cases has probably… … 25. Venice (?) XVIth Cen-tury, Chair with SlopingSeat Formerly in L. BernheimersCollection, Munich legs above the seat and connecting their upper partswith the back the arm-rests were formed (figs. 420 ff.).Velvet, stuff or leather mountings soon became ofgeneral use; it is most instructive to…
