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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 312

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 312 — Early 19th Century. chimeras gilt or in bronze after theRoman style, also bronze candelabra,copied from examples that were excavatedfrom Pompeii. Among the artists who are creditedwith influencing the Empire style wasDavid Jacques, who is accused of pander-ing to the Caesarism of Napoleon. Percier… … Lampadaire. Empire Style. and Fontaine published a work on Furniture,etc. Charles Percier was bcrn in 1764 and diedin 1838. He won the Premier Grand Prix deRome in 1786. He appears to have supportedhimself during the French Revolution by de-signing furniture and decorations, introducingclassical…

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