Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 330
n toappear, and on the other the classicizing influence of LeBrun asserted itself indirectly in patterns and motives based on the acanthus and rinceau with little or no reminiscence of Oriental models. The same is true of the needlework and laces. Colbert introduced into the royal ateliers thirty… … Fig. 183b.—Needlework, Velvet BedLambrequin. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT ever since retained a high place in the favor of con-noisseurs. In these French laces and in the ecclesiasticalembroideries and needlework of the period we recognize
Decoration and ornament
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