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An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth (1903)

Strange, Thomas Arthur · London, The author · leaf 38

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ings on some of these credences, dressoirs,etc., do not all appear to belong to the same period,but this may be partly explained when it is remem-bered that at that time trades like cabinet-makingdescended from father to son, and if a credence ofsome beautiful design was some time in hand or itcame… … varied by fresh influ-ences. The frame incentre of page 24belongs to the periodof Louis XIIL, and iscalled a Cadre deCrucifix. The centrepart, which held thecrucifix, had a groundof red velvet. Thereader will notice howthe breaks of the topof the frame suggestthe arms of the cross. On page 25…

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