s contemporaries; but is that characteristic sufficientto define its style, and if we seek to know itsessence, what is the best definition that we cangive of it? Let us say with Molinier*) that theLouis XVI style is a style directly inspired bythe classic antique, in which vertical and horizon-tal… … »-«a Design for decoration Original drawing in the Decour collection hair a la Grecque; our dandies would consider vantage of including the origin of the new style, themselves dishonoured by carrying a snuff-box the characteristics which give it originality, and which was not a la Grecque. This…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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