. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . SIXTEEXTH-CENTfRYBURGUNDIAN EARLY FRENCH DE-CORATIVE FURNITURE Until the fifteenth century allarticles of furniture in other thanroyal palaces or ecclesiastical in-stitutions were roughly made andfew in number. The small rooms at the topsof the castle towers contained abed, a faldstool, and a clotheschest. The stone walls were either left untouched, or whitewashed and hung with pennons and armour. In the halls of the more19 CHEST (ARC). JrtJSfiE DE CLUNY. 14(j DECORATIVE FURNITUKE important cjistles, however, the walls w
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . SIXTEEXTH-CENTfRYBURGUNDIAN EARLY FRENCH DE-CORATIVE FURNITURE Until the fifteenth century allarticles of furniture in other thanroyal palaces or ecclesiastical in-stitutions were roughly made andfew in number. The small rooms at the topsof the castle towers contained abed, a faldstool, and a clotheschest. The stone walls were either left untouched, or whitewashed and hung with pennons and armour. In the halls of the more19 CHEST (ARC). JrtJSfiE DE CLUNY. 14(j DECORATIVE FURNITUKE important cjistles, however, the walls were hung with tapestriespicturing hunting scenes or episodes from the romautiis. The poetperhaps conveys too flattering an impression of the floor coveringof the earlier part of the period when he tells us that 3U t^rbrs ant) floincrB, fragraunt, fagre anli &iottt,eSrre stratorti in \\\es anti lajli unicr ttjcsr fttt. The openings for light and air were sometimes protected byframes glazed with thin horn or oiled paper. The furnishing arrangements of the gi-eat hall in France weresimilar to
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