The art of interior decoration . Entrance Hall in New YorkDuplex Apartment. ItalianFurniture. The Periods of the Three Louis 181 individual motives on the furniture of the Louis. The backgrounds for these mounts were thewoods finely inlaid with ivory shell and brass inthe style of the Italian Renaissance. Orientallacquer and painted furniture, at that timeheavily gilded. The legs of chairs, sofas and tables of theLouis XIV period were cabrioles (curved out-ward)—a development of the animal legs ofcarved wood, bronze or gold, used by the ancientAssyrians, Egyptians and Greeks as supports fortab
The art of interior decoration . Entrance Hall in New YorkDuplex Apartment. ItalianFurniture. The Periods of the Three Louis 181 individual motives on the furniture of the Louis. The backgrounds for these mounts were thewoods finely inlaid with ivory shell and brass inthe style of the Italian Renaissance. Orientallacquer and painted furniture, at that timeheavily gilded. The legs of chairs, sofas and tables of theLouis XIV period were cabrioles (curved out-ward)—a development of the animal legs ofcarved wood, bronze or gold, used by the ancientAssyrians, Egyptians and Greeks as supports fortables and chairs. Square grooved legs also ap-peared in this type. The same grooves are found on round taper-ing legs of Louis XVTs time. In fact that typeof leg is far more typical of the Louis XVIperiod than the cabriole or square legs grooved,but one sees all three styles. Other hallmarks of the Louis XVI period arethe straight outlines, perfectly balanced propor-tions, the rosettes, ribbon and bow-knot withtorch and arrows in chiselled bronze. That all ^painting and sculpture sang of
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