Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 343
igs. 190,192). The colossal pilasters of Victor Louis extensionof the Palais Royal to enclose the garden behind it are amarked exception. 259 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT Interior Decoration. It was in interior decoration that the period of LouisSeize achieved really new and distinctive results. Thechange… … imiliiiiiiii , R/!/llO Fig. 193.—Two Console-Brackets, Lotjis XVI. the quadrant-corners of the Louis Quinze style. Chi-noiseries, singeries and sugarj^ denatured pastorals werebanished. All the ornament was based on classic prec-edents. Frets and honeysuckles and rosettes of Greekor Roman origin…
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