Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 344
Frets and honeysuckles and rosettes of Greekor Roman origin came into favor. Consoles and brack-ets were often designed largely or wholly with straightlines (Fig. 192). The heavy swags or festoons of theLouis XIII and XIV periods were replaced by lightand graceful festoons of naturalistic flowers,… … Fig. 193.—Louis XVI Picture-Frame. light and graceful pat- —— -^^^-5)^-- terns in low relief, basedon simple geometric sys-tems of composition, re-flecting perhaps some in-fluence from the Adambrothers work in Eng-land (see p. 373). Ingeneral, refinement, deli-cacy, quiet restraint char-acterized…
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