The art of interior decoration . nd where the cabinetmakers saw left aline, the cuts were filled in with black wood orstained glue, which brought out the design and sogave an added decorative effect. Skilled artisanshad other designs bitten into wood by acids, andshading was managed by pouring hot sand on thesurface of the wood. Hallmarks of the Renais-sance are designs which were taken from Greekand Roman mythology, and allegories represent-ing the elements, seasons, months and , battle scenes and triumphal marches. The insatiable love for decoration found stillanother expression
The art of interior decoration . nd where the cabinetmakers saw left aline, the cuts were filled in with black wood orstained glue, which brought out the design and sogave an added decorative effect. Skilled artisanshad other designs bitten into wood by acids, andshading was managed by pouring hot sand on thesurface of the wood. Hallmarks of the Renais-sance are designs which were taken from Greekand Roman mythology, and allegories represent-ing the elements, seasons, months and , battle scenes and triumphal marches. The insatiable love for decoration found stillanother expression in silver and gold plaques ofthe highest artistic quality, embossed and en-graved for those princes of Florence, Urbino,Ferrara, Rome, Venice and Naples, who viedwith one another in extravagance until the in-evitable reaction came. PLATE XVII 157 An example of good mantel decoration. The vases andclock are Empire, the chairs Directoire, and footstoolsLouis XV. A low bowl of modern green Venetian glass holdsflowers. 158 ,...^-.^^. An Example of Perfect Bal-ance and Beauty in MantelArrangement
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