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A history of ornament .. (1916)

Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 341

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the landscape, in flowers and outdoor life were tak-ing the place of theartificial and dressed-up rusticity of theW a 11 e a u tradition.Simplicity, natural-ness, sobriety and re-finement began to findfavor as a welcomechange from the rest-less extravagance ofthe Louis XV regime.The educated… … CMALONSourMARNE Fig. 190.—Rusticatiox and Paneling,Arch at Chaloxs-suk-Marne. Architectural Decoration. The classical purism of the later Louis XV architec-ture continued to prevail in all exterior design. Thetwin colonnaded fronts on the north side of the Placede la Concorde, finished in 1770; the…

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