Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 281
IMuseum there is an extensive collec-tion of Italian cassoni embracing all the above varieties.Chairs carved and gilt of the same style and period as thecoffers were usually placed between the rows of the latterin the halls of the Italian palaces (Fig. 235). These chairshad their backs and legs… … Fig. 234.—Italian Work ; SixteenthCentury. (P.) work of th e wood carversof Italy in the sixteenthcentury, or Cinque-cento period. Another fine speci-men of wood carving isthe Italian stool (Fig.236) of the same date,which is remarkablefor its delicacy of treat-ment. Another form of chairof a…
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