. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ons ofCelestial work into Europe were so valued and welcome that wovenfabrics a la Chinoise Avere made at Lyons, as w^ell as in that oldmart of Eastern arts, Venice. A curious freak of Louis Treize days is the auricular styleinvented by Rabel, one of the many designers of the period, whosevagaries in this peculiar ear-shaped ornament were, however, out-trumped by the German workers. The woodwork designs of Barbet, published in 1633 anddedicated to Cardinal Richelieu, evince Italian rather than French feeling, and pupilageto arc
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ons ofCelestial work into Europe were so valued and welcome that wovenfabrics a la Chinoise Avere made at Lyons, as w^ell as in that oldmart of Eastern arts, Venice. A curious freak of Louis Treize days is the auricular styleinvented by Rabel, one of the many designers of the period, whosevagaries in this peculiar ear-shaped ornament were, however, out-trumped by the German workers. The woodwork designs of Barbet, published in 1633 anddedicated to Cardinal Richelieu, evince Italian rather than French feeling, and pupilageto architecture rather thanwoodwork. The forms ascribed to theornamentists of Louis Quatorzedays are distinctly foreshadowedtowards the end of those ofLouis Treize; the initiativebeing largely the work of oneman, Simon Vouet (1590-1649),who in 1627 was recalled fromhis Italian studies by Louis become Court Painter andtlie master of Lebrun; whilstMignard, who taught Louis drawing, decorated thePalais Cardinal for Richelieu,and designed much tapestry. AKMOIRE. RENAISSANCE. CHAtEAU DANET. LATER FRENCH RENAISSANCE, 1589-1643 249 work, introduced into his later compositions floral detail in conjunctionwith scroll work. Though the reigns of Henri Quatre and Louis Treize cannotin matters of applied art compare with that of Louis le Grand, yetthey witnessed the inception of the official support to art-crafts(of which the fruits were reaped in the later reign), and were archi-tecturally memorable for the erection of the Luxembourg Palaceand the Palais Cardinal, rechristened the Palais Royal, whenRichelieu, as penance for his indiscreetly wealthy patronage of thearts, bestowed it together with a large portion of his collection housedtherein upon his royal master, Louis xiii.—a transaction curiouslyreminiscent of Wolsey, Hampton Court, and Henry the Eighth. It is in the reign of Louis Treize that one first finds evidence ofthe considerable use of parquet for the flooring o
Size: 1428px × 1750px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade191, booksubjectdecorationandornament
