Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 535
ventionally-figured tapestries in sober colors. Furni-ture passed from the classical lightness of the LouisSeize style into a phase of classical massiveness, moresparsely adorned with ornaments of gilded bronze thanunder Louis XVI (PI. IX, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14; Figure 98). 423 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT The… … Fig. 317.—Empire Chair, Sphinx, Footstool and Pilaster. grotesques appear. The whole effect is formal, stately,massive, sober and undeniably refined, but lacking incharm and domesticity (Figure 98; Figs. 317, 318).The style passed into Italy and Germany and later 424 THE MODERN REVIVALS to the…
Decoration and ornament
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