. International studio. VERNIS MARTIN^ DESK — with mounts by Caffieri This desk is enriched with chinoisieres,macaws and scroll motifs in gold, and fur-nished with bronze cantonnibres, of whichtwo are crested by beads in high relief. Thelower part is gondoled, and fitted with ahinged flap, uncovering a commode ]>aintedivitb a double bandied urn in gold and floralsprays in naturalistic colors on an emeraldgreen ground. The interior of the desk is architecturallycomposed witb small drawers and compart-ments, enhanced by flowered trellises in gold;the top is covered witb a slab of jaune fleuri
. International studio. VERNIS MARTIN^ DESK — with mounts by Caffieri This desk is enriched with chinoisieres,macaws and scroll motifs in gold, and fur-nished with bronze cantonnibres, of whichtwo are crested by beads in high relief. Thelower part is gondoled, and fitted with ahinged flap, uncovering a commode ]>aintedivitb a double bandied urn in gold and floralsprays in naturalistic colors on an emeraldgreen ground. The interior of the desk is architecturallycomposed witb small drawers and compart-ments, enhanced by flowered trellises in gold;the top is covered witb a slab of jaune fleurimarble. The desk is shown open in the color illustration;closed in the sketch. inci RnAcionAL StUDt© Flemish and German cupboards, ro be sure the dom ol French cabineterie, which from now on,great ages of French cabineterie, from Catherine through all its vagaries, flamboyantly exuberant,to the guillotine, abound with strangely sounding or stoicallj severe, refled tin national names, but names now familiar to all The foreign accents can now be detected in thelovers of true French art. materials only; designs and inspiration are We hear of Hans Kraus, Marqueteur du French, or to establish the term, ,in 1576, a Saxon by birth; Laurent Staber, Charles Andre Boule is in it the arriving from Holland in 1608, and gaming fame Louvre. His studios c prise twenty-six work- at the Galleries du Louvre, and, thirty years shops; two occupied by the ioinei , eighteenlater, Van Opstal, Ostermayer, Equeman, cabinet by the cabinet makers, and six by bronzemakers to the king. They had broughttheir native craft oiveneer, tortoise, ivoryand copper, and
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