Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 299
a theatrical andartificial kind of composition. His colour was silvery andharmonious, and sometimes he decorated furniture withpastoral scenes. 28o HISTORIC ORNAMENT. The Rococo style had begun under the Regency, if notearlier, and such men as Oppenort, the De Cottes, fatherand son, Fran9ois de… … Fig. 247.—Holy Walci Ncs.icl; JiDglish; ScveiilcfiUh Cciiluiy. (P.) works that reflected the loose and unrestrained characterof the times (1723-1774). Chinese and naturalistic elementswere grafted on, or mixed with, the former LouisQuatorze, with an addition of still life that did duty…
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