. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . VIKING CHAIR. TENTH CENTURY. ANCIENT ROMAN AND BYZANTINE 23. by the Latins at their capture of Constantinople, in the early part of the thirteenth century. The pressure of the Northern barbarians upon the Western Empire, of which Rome was still the chief city, caused an exodus of the wealthier inhabitants, who fled to Constantinople, the less harassed capital of the Eastern Empire, taking with them their most valued portable furniture and other possessions. From the reign of Constantino, Con-stantinople had grown in importance,
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . VIKING CHAIR. TENTH CENTURY. ANCIENT ROMAN AND BYZANTINE 23. by the Latins at their capture of Constantinople, in the early part of the thirteenth century. The pressure of the Northern barbarians upon the Western Empire, of which Rome was still the chief city, caused an exodus of the wealthier inhabitants, who fled to Constantinople, the less harassed capital of the Eastern Empire, taking with them their most valued portable furniture and other possessions. From the reign of Constantino, Con-stantinople had grown in importance, and was, until its downfall, the centre of the arts associated with the home; indeed, Byzantine furniture of the later period appears to have been quite unrestrained viking chair or stall. Fom^TEENTH in its luxurious materials and ornament. centur\. Many of the skilled artists and craftsmen of the Roman Empire, even before its division into East and West, wandered over Europe, seeking outlet for their arts and scattering seeds which, slowly fructifying through the Middle Ages, ripened into appreciation of the Renaissance
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