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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 (1900)

Strange, Thomas Arthur · London : McCorquodale, New York, Scribner · leaf 131

An illustration from 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, 1900, leaf 131 — ally relieved. Figures standing on suchaltars, pedestals, etc., were made in relief more or lessbold. In this way Boules later work is not only abrilliant and rich piece of surface decoration, but itsmetallic parts are repousse or embossed with thick-nesses of metal ornament. In boule work all…

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