Parsons, Frank Alvah, 1868-1930 · Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 291
LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. THE TRANSITION TO THE FIRSTOF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY STYLES IS WELL GIVEN IN MATERIAL,CUT, AND LACK OF HEAVY ORNAMENTATION. … NEAR THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. FRENCH. THETRANSITION IS CLEARLY MADE HERE TO CLOTHES DESIGNED FORTHE HUMAN FIGURE, WITH A DECORATIVE SENSE. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: ENGLAND in gold patterns, long mantles of richest silk adornedwith precious stones and caps of velvet with heavy flungplumes are…
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