Our homes, and how to beautify them . y entrench upon thefortune of even an Y-Vmerican millionaire. Under the auspices of the Louis , gilt furniture witnessed its greatesttriumph. Handsome gilt consoles withmarble or Florentine mosaic tops, and gilttables with granite or porphyry slabs, were inevery fashionable salon; their supportingpillars massive and ornate ; their fronts carvedwith suns and laurel wreaths, and chequeredin roses. Both in this and the succeedingreigns gilded fauteuils and settees were uphol-stered in fine tapestry, after designs by thebest artists of the da). Some o
Our homes, and how to beautify them . y entrench upon thefortune of even an Y-Vmerican millionaire. Under the auspices of the Louis , gilt furniture witnessed its greatesttriumph. Handsome gilt consoles withmarble or Florentine mosaic tops, and gilttables with granite or porphyry slabs, were inevery fashionable salon; their supportingpillars massive and ornate ; their fronts carvedwith suns and laurel wreaths, and chequeredin roses. Both in this and the succeedingreigns gilded fauteuils and settees were uphol-stered in fine tapestry, after designs by thebest artists of the da). Some of these woventableaux, which have escaped the perils alikeof revolution and decay, are surpassinglyexquisite in design and colour. Marquetry,too, reached a finish and harmony it had not previously attained. Delicatelychased ormolu mounts gave to the heavier pieces of furniture—commodes,cabinets, vitrines, and bureaux—a combined richness and grace that was in fullaccord with the splendour and pomp of that great and gliltering n. LOUIS XIV. TAPESTRY. LOUIS QUINZE. OTYLE in France, which lost something of its purity under the Regencyfollowing the death of Louis XIV., notwithstanding some fine work byCressent, the Regents cabinet-maker, deteriorated still further in the latter part ofthe reign of Louis XV. Speaking generally, the style called Louis XV. is morepopular to-day than that of Louis XIV. ; yet no competent authorit\- will befound to deny that in all that goes to the making of decorative distinction, thestyle prevalent in the first half of Louis long reign was immeasurablysuperior to that which prevailed under his great-grandson. The latter was theBoudoir period, as distinguished from the Salon period. The style ran to excessof prettiness. Floral wreaths, cupids, flowing scrolls, medalhons surroundedwith fantastic curves, and womens busts terminating in foliage, were crowded OUK HOMES, in till the redundant ornament became wearisome and oppressive. Theconto
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