Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 300
me very importantin the next reign. Four-legged tablesnow began to displacethe Italian type with two carved end-supports, probably as the result ofthe Northern influences from Flanders, Germany andHolland. The legs, like those of the chairs, were insome cases straight, in others curved, and the… … Fig. 168.—Louis XIII Cabinet. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT More monumental and costly than either tables orchairs were the various types of cabinets or armoireswhich came into vogue, a fashion imj^orted either fromItaly or Spain. The French name suggests an originaluse of such pieces of furniture for the…
Decoration and ornament
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