. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ient Rome. Theircabinets were elaborately fitted withdrawers and cupboards faced withcolumns, arcaded and otherwise wear-ing the semblance of architecturalstructures in miniature. Towards theconclusion of the sixteenth century,ebony took precedence among thewoods used for decorative the middle of the sixteenthcentury Venice had been prominentin the evolution of the useful butcomparatively lowly cassone into theluxurious high cabinet or stipi. Thenon-European origin of the materialsused in the inlaying of these ca
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ient Rome. Theircabinets were elaborately fitted withdrawers and cupboards faced withcolumns, arcaded and otherwise wear-ing the semblance of architecturalstructures in miniature. Towards theconclusion of the sixteenth century,ebony took precedence among thewoods used for decorative the middle of the sixteenthcentury Venice had been prominentin the evolution of the useful butcomparatively lowly cassone into theluxurious high cabinet or stipi. Thenon-European origin of the materialsused in the inlaying of these cabinetssupports the contention that the Venetians were indebted in somemeasure to their intercourse with more Eastern peoples, whose craftsmenthey encouraged to settle in Venice, and that Venetian art was alsoaffected by the gorgeous fabrics imported from Arabia and otherparts of the East by its merchants. Such an origin is at leastmore probable than that the Adriatic republic was indebted to theSpaniards for the first forms; indeed, the vargueno, that peculiarly. EBONY IVORY INLAYS CENTURY. LATE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY 291 and almost sole Spanish cabinet is an evident blend of Hispano-Moorish details, and probably of somewhat later date. The Spanishand Venetian cabinets were also dissimilar in treatment, and, inthe writers opinion, independently developed. Certain it is that the Italian artificers of Milan, Venice, Florence,and other cities were especially famed throughout this first half of theseventeenth century for the sumptuous adornment of their decorativefurniture. Their inlays, which towards the end of the previous periodwere chiefly of wood or stones, were now supplemented with ivory,mother-o-pearl, and at a later stage tortoiseshell; whilst metals,gilded and damascened { inlaid with patterns of goldand silver), further added to the decorative resources ofthe woodwork designer, and by their opulence luredhim to over-elaboration. In this la
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