uscriptin the Bibliothe-que Nationale inParis. I cannotresist the pleasureof transcribing a few typical passages: There were at that time (1740 — 1750) a numberof bad inventors of ornaments, who enjoyed themost brilliant reputation: a Pineau who spoilt allthe architecture that was then being done… … Hanging clock in carved and gilded wood Al.sacc, private collection Meissonier, a man who really had genius, buta genius wholly unregulated, ruined in Italy byhis admiration for Borromini, successfully turnedthe heads of his contemporaries. As it was easierto imitate his extravagances than anything…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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