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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 305

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Fig. 251.—Escritoire of Marie Antoinette. (Jones Collection.) In Italy the prevailing ornament in furniture anddecoration was more classical than in France. Piranesi,Albertolli, Pergolese, and Bartolozzi are names of theprincipal designers of this country in the eighteenthcentury, most of whom…

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