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Title: An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork, & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Strange, Thomas Arthur
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Furniture Interior decoration
Publisher: London : McCorquodale, New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ureso much in use at thattime, which they en-liven, without prevent-ing it by any raisedornament from beingkept free from dust anddirt. This style ofornamentation was car-ried to a great degree of Empire Style. CHAIRS. 391Early 19th Centur). elegance and per-fection. The metalornament and theground of stainedwood in which itis inserted, beingstamped and cutout together,are always sureto tit each otherto a nicety.Among the notice-able features of thestyle are wingedfigures emblematicof Liberty, antiqueheads of helmetedwarriors arrangedlike a cameo med-allion, mouldingsrepresenting antique Roman faceswith an axe in thecentre ; trophies oflances, surmountedby a Phrygian capof Liberty. Vasesfound in tombswere placed inrecesses imitatingthe ancient colum-baria, or receptacleof the cinerary urn.Other subjectschosen were anIndian or beardedBacchus, the scenicmask, the thyrsus,twined round withivy leaves, thepanthers muzzlea n d c 1 a w, wit hother insigniaof Bacchus; ((ontinued on page 394.)
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392 Empire Style. PERCIER AND- FONTAINE. Early 19th Century

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