Paris of to-day : an intimate account of its people, its home life, and its places of interest . ROOM OF FRANCIS CLUNY THE <; A RDEN OF CLUNM THE MUSEUM OF CLUNY. 199 golds and faded reds and greens and pome-granates to make a background for thestrangely magnificent objects which are every-where in the place. A mass of dull splendoris the Flemish altar-piece of gold, wroughtinto the figures of the Saviour and saints, andtwo little kings kneeling at their feet, whichwas given in 1079 to tne Cathedral of in the gold crowns of the old Gothicking Recesventhus, how the del
Paris of to-day : an intimate account of its people, its home life, and its places of interest . ROOM OF FRANCIS CLUNY THE <; A RDEN OF CLUNM THE MUSEUM OF CLUNY. 199 golds and faded reds and greens and pome-granates to make a background for thestrangely magnificent objects which are every-where in the place. A mass of dull splendoris the Flemish altar-piece of gold, wroughtinto the figures of the Saviour and saints, andtwo little kings kneeling at their feet, whichwas given in 1079 to tne Cathedral of in the gold crowns of the old Gothicking Recesventhus, how the delicacy of theirlovely filagree work, hung with cabochonamethysts and aquamarines, is intensified bycontrast with the massive bands for encir-cling those mighty Gothic heads! The wholegains so in value, too, by being placed ex-actly in the spot in the room where it belongs,opposite the window, so that the light, againtinted by jeweled medallions, streams throughthe gold and the precious stones. The minia-ture gold boat of the Emperor Charles V. inthe corner must have once been used as acentrepiece for his table, according to th
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