Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 310
C phase of the dry and heavy classicisms was apparent inthe furniture design and decoration of the period (1801).This return to classic heaviness has been attributed to theinfluence of the academic painter David, but is more likely FURNITURE. 291 to have been a pandering to the national worship… … Fig. 256.—Cabinet of Red Chased Lacquer (Japanese) and Porcelain Dish.J(J.) reflect in some measure the glory of the Emperor Napo-leon I. The meanest thing had some symbol or allusionby the way of decoration that should remind everybody ofthe greatness of the new monarch and of the French 292…
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