. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . SIXTEENTH-CENTtTRYCHAIR. DE STOOL. PETEB CANDID. RENAISSANCE IN NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY 179 l^^;a^g;g;e)LCftwigi^giwtCSgAaS suffered more loss of her national woodwork than any other nationof Western Europe. One feature of German woodwork of the fifteenth and sixteenthcenturies deserved especial mention: the iron mounts—locks, handles,and hinges—which were moredeveloped, and continueduntil a later period than inany other country. Muchironwork and some furniturewas exported to England andother countries by the Han-seatic
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . SIXTEENTH-CENTtTRYCHAIR. DE STOOL. PETEB CANDID. RENAISSANCE IN NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY 179 l^^;a^g;g;e)LCftwigi^giwtCSgAaS suffered more loss of her national woodwork than any other nationof Western Europe. One feature of German woodwork of the fifteenth and sixteenthcenturies deserved especial mention: the iron mounts—locks, handles,and hinges—which were moredeveloped, and continueduntil a later period than inany other country. Muchironwork and some furniturewas exported to England andother countries by the Han-seatic League ; a union of freeGerman cities for protectionand the promotion of com-merce, which had now grownso strong that it could wagesuccessful wars and almostcommand the seas. The rugged vigour of theGerman manifested itself inhis selection from the Re-naissance of the harsh, thegrotesque, and the laboriously intricate, rather than the Gothic forms have always appeared to the writer more sympa-thetic media than the classic for the expression of Teutonic traits,and such old pieces
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