Fig. 194.—Fragment of a throne. Length 18 inches. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. swell in the middle. More frequently, however, the bronzeuprights end in capitals resembling a bunch of leaves in shape.We have already encountered this type in the ivories, where itoccurs in the balustrade of a small… … FlG. 195.—Bronze foot of a piece of furniture. Louvre. motive in a small sandstone capital in the British Museum. It is in one piece with its shaft. We are inclined to think it a part of some stone chair in which the forms of wooden and bronze furniture were copied (Fig. 196).1 1 Reasoning from the…
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