The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . y, in a rever-sion to classic or semi-classic types of architecture thenin vogue in France. We have seen how the Empirestyle started in France from the reaction against allforms that had aforetime enjoyed popular favour. Wehave seen how this reaction and radical change of stylewere deliberately planned and fostered by Napoleonas a part of his political policy. We have seen how the new style took root in Eng-land, despite the feeling of bitter hostilit
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . y, in a rever-sion to classic or semi-classic types of architecture thenin vogue in France. We have seen how the Empirestyle started in France from the reaction against allforms that had aforetime enjoyed popular favour. Wehave seen how this reaction and radical change of stylewere deliberately planned and fostered by Napoleonas a part of his political policy. We have seen how the new style took root in Eng-land, despite the feeling of bitter hostility toward theFrench. Now we shall see how the style was modifiedon our side of the Atlantic to suit the preferences andconvenience of American cabinet-makers. A compari-son between the French and American expressions ofthe Empire style, especially American Empire in itslater phases, will show that our craftsmen of the periodallowed themselves considerable liberty of interpre-tation. With the passing of the last stages of Sheratoninfluence, delicacy of outline and graceful proportionvanished and in their stead gradually came unutterable 286. AMERICAN EMPIRE PAINTED AND PARCEL GILT FLAP-TOP TABLE By Courtesy of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, Philadelphia
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