The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . Figure 114 many of which are good—but we give a few herewith,which we think possess several good features. The twodesigns shown at Fig. 120 are very simple but veryeffective. The same may be said of the three designsshown in Fig. 121. These latter may be used forcabinets to hang on a flat wall, or for corner cabinets. 202 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER. Figure 115 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 2
The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . Figure 114 many of which are good—but we give a few herewith,which we think possess several good features. The twodesigns shown at Fig. 120 are very simple but veryeffective. The same may be said of the three designsshown in Fig. 121. These latter may be used forcabinets to hang on a flat wall, or for corner cabinets. 202 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER. Figure 115 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 203 SYNOPSIS OF STYLES. The Gothic style followed the Romanesque or round-arched. In France and England it developed towardsthe end of the twelfth century. In this country theDecorated Gothic was the second stage (during thefourteenth century), and the Perpendicular Gothicfollowed in the fifteenth. The Moorish or Saracenic developed in the eighthcentury. It was the style of the Mohammedans. Afeature of the style is its extraordinary geometricalcombinations. The Alhambra (Granada), built in thethirteenth century, is considered the most perfect speci-men of architecture in this style. Francis I. belongs to the Early French Renaissance(1515-1549). It is freely ornamented Gothic, develop-ing under Italian influence. Its feature is a minutenessof detail. The palace of Fontainebleau was built in thisstyle by Francis I. Henry II. (Middle French Renaissance), who fol-lowed Francis L, developed the existing style alonglines of greater purity, more closely
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