A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . n his description ofVersailles says that it was at Clagny that Le Notre first introduced des portiques desTreillages des Berceaux et des Cabinets, and that at first these were made by must refer to the trellis work very fashionable at the end of the seventeenth century,and fully illustrated in Perelles engravings of Chantilly, the gardens of Chaville nearVersailles and elsewhere. The Berceaux of the sixteenth century were different, beingconstructed of very solid framework. Lettres,
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . n his description ofVersailles says that it was at Clagny that Le Notre first introduced des portiques desTreillages des Berceaux et des Cabinets, and that at first these were made by must refer to the trellis work very fashionable at the end of the seventeenth century,and fully illustrated in Perelles engravings of Chantilly, the gardens of Chaville nearVersailles and elsewhere. The Berceaux of the sixteenth century were different, beingconstructed of very solid framework. Lettres, ed. 1773, ii, 46. • II disait des parterres quils netaient bons que pour les nourrices qui ne pouvantquitter leur enfants, sy promenaient des yeux et les admiraient du deuxieme (5tage (Saint-Simon). Comptes, i, 431. The cost of earthwork at S. Germain, 1670-71, amounted to225,696 francs. In addition to this Le Notre designed the parterre, and three fountainsthat once existed on the east side of the Chateau on the site of the Gare de Iouest. Itis shown on an engraving by Perelle. Il,. LXII f. S. GKRMAIN-KN-LA\K—THE i;AK I \, l;V I,]: NIlTKI^ (p. 1 74) [/V/-<-//,
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