. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ITALIAN CHAIR. OLDCOLNE PRIORY. 20-2 DECORATIVE FURNITURE story of beautiful woodwork upon the Continent has therefore mainly-been continued in our surveys of French mobiliary work from thedays of Henri Quatre and Louis ITAUAJT SEAT. LATE KENAISSANCE. ARUNDEL CASTLK. PLATE XXXVII CHIMNEYPIECE IN COLOURED MOSAIC. FLORENTINE Victoria and Albert Museum, South Length of shelf, 10 ft. 7J in.; depth of shelf, Kensington 1 ft. 2 in.; height of shelf, 6 ft. 4 in.; total height, 9 ft. 8i in. Circa 1600 TABLE IN COLOURED MOSAIC.
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . ITALIAN CHAIR. OLDCOLNE PRIORY. 20-2 DECORATIVE FURNITURE story of beautiful woodwork upon the Continent has therefore mainly-been continued in our surveys of French mobiliary work from thedays of Henri Quatre and Louis ITAUAJT SEAT. LATE KENAISSANCE. ARUNDEL CASTLK. PLATE XXXVII CHIMNEYPIECE IN COLOURED MOSAIC. FLORENTINE Victoria and Albert Museum, South Length of shelf, 10 ft. 7J in.; depth of shelf, Kensington 1 ft. 2 in.; height of shelf, 6 ft. 4 in.; total height, 9 ft. 8i in. Circa 1600 TABLE IN COLOURED MOSAIC. FLORENTINE Victoria and Albert Museum, South Length over top, 4 ft. 7J in.; height over Kensington top, 2 fl. 9 in. Circa 1575 Among the earliest known applications of ornament to furnitureare the jewellings of lapis lazuli and glass inset into ivory (witha thin wall or cloison of the ivory between) upon the thrones andother woodwork from Nineveh, and usually representing deities,the lotus and papyri. The Greeks also delighted in mosaic work;indeed, from ancient days until modern times, mosaic work has beenmore or less used, especially upon the Italian peninsula. The art of mosaic consists of the formation of patterns bymeans of many—usually small—pieces of stone, glass, wood oroth
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