The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . er of a lightand free kind of arabesque. Many of his designs forsilk may be seen in the fabric at the Silk Museum in theBourse at Lyons. Le Notre designed for furniture,carving, and was also famed with La Quintinie as adesigner of the state and public gardens. In Italy the prevailing ornament in furniture anddecoration was more classical than in France. Piranesi,Albertolli, Pergolese, and B
The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . er of a lightand free kind of arabesque. Many of his designs forsilk may be seen in the fabric at the Silk Museum in theBourse at Lyons. Le Notre designed for furniture,carving, and was also famed with La Quintinie as adesigner of the state and public gardens. In Italy the prevailing ornament in furniture anddecoration was more classical than in France. Piranesi,Albertolli, Pergolese, and Bartolozzi are names of theprincipal designers of this country in the eighteenthcentury, most of whom published extensive works onornament. The latter two were brought to Englandby the brothers John and Robert Adam (1728-1792),who had travelled in Italy, bringing also with themclassical ideas, which they developed in England, andwhich influenced to a great extent the style of archi-tecture and furniture design in this country. TheAdelphi building and the houses in Portland Place werebuilt from designs by the Adams. All kinds of furniture, sedan chairs, carriages, plate, THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 83. Figure 51 84 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER &c., were made from their designs. Fine mouldings,medallions, rosettes, light garlands, capitals in classicform, fluted pilasters and columns, were all designed bythem with the utmost restraint in style—even tocoldness.
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