Period furnishings; an encyclopedia of historic furniture, decorations and furnishings (1911)
Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 188
al atmos-phere was unfavorable to the presentation of thestyles of Louis X\T. David found ready acceptancefor his rendition of the classic revival. He had studiedin Rome, where also the brothers Adam of Englandhad spent much of their early lives and naturally wereinterested in the restoration work… … French Directoire. Following the Louis XVI period came the Revo-lutionary, from 1793 to 1795; then what is known asthe Directoire, 1795 to 1804. This period, properlycalled the Transition, carried the delicate Pompeiianclassicism of late Louis XVI into the more masculinetype of the Empire. It was a…
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