Royal collections : Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace (1900)
[England? : s.n.] · leaf 78
otic woods arerare and small in size ; they cannot be carved inthe solid. So, by a swing of the pendulum, thoughthere is no return to the solid boards of the Middle ornament from the material. The decoration is evenpurposely made in another material, namely metal.At this point we come back to… … BOULLE COMMODE. Ages, it is found that a simple flat surface of panelsand plain stiles is best adapted to show off inlay.So variety of profile becomes of less importance, andinlay—i.e. added or superimposed ornament notlogically emanating from the construction or thematerial of the chest or…
