Canadian wood products industries . nd was soon to be equally domi-nant in France. But while both based on classic for-mula, in reality the Adam style and that of the Empireradicaliv differed. In the one was neatness, refinement,lightness of effect, in the other, heaviness, in some in-stances, absolute clumsiness, an aspect of stone andrefinement only as to decoration. As a matter of fact,Empire furnitures sole appeal was through the beauti-fully figured mahogany of which made, sweetness ofline in carved ornamentation, and the jewelry-like or-molu mounts. Omit the brasses and in many an in-sta
Canadian wood products industries . nd was soon to be equally domi-nant in France. But while both based on classic for-mula, in reality the Adam style and that of the Empireradicaliv differed. In the one was neatness, refinement,lightness of effect, in the other, heaviness, in some in-stances, absolute clumsiness, an aspect of stone andrefinement only as to decoration. As a matter of fact,Empire furnitures sole appeal was through the beauti-fully figured mahogany of which made, sweetness ofline in carved ornamentation, and the jewelry-like or-molu mounts. Omit the brasses and in many an in-stance the charm goes. Though the English were so bitter against Napo-leon, they were thereby not deterred from adopting astyle in furnishing to which he had given impetus. Eng-lands designers, however, with perhaps one or two ex-ceptions, made a sad mess of it, one of the worst beingthe renowned Sheraton. The possible exceptions wereThomas Hope and George Smith, the former publish-ing an Empire book in 1807, the latter a similar work. Fig. 2 in 1808. The chairs shown in Fig. 4 are characteristicexamples of English handling of the style, and in myopinion may be attributed to Smith. Hope, having nopractical knowledge of the trade, is not quite—from apractical point of view—so happy, though his designsin a pictorial way, are most pleasing. Soon did the Empire fashion take possession of August, 1916 CANADIAN WOODWORKER 19
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