Canadian wood products industries . cles dealing with developmentsin furniture design during this important era. By James Thomson (>f French furniture styles of historic periodsthose representative of the 17th and 18th centuriesundoubtedly are of the greatest interest to the furn-ishers of today and incidentally to designers andmanufacturers. The Louis XIV, XV and XVIperiods were responsible for styles that, though in ameasure distinct and separate, are usually classed to-gether. Precisely as we co-ordinate the names Chip-pendale. Heppelwhite and Sheraton so do we bringthe styles of the thr
Canadian wood products industries . cles dealing with developmentsin furniture design during this important era. By James Thomson (>f French furniture styles of historic periodsthose representative of the 17th and 18th centuriesundoubtedly are of the greatest interest to the furn-ishers of today and incidentally to designers andmanufacturers. The Louis XIV, XV and XVIperiods were responsible for styles that, though in ameasure distinct and separate, are usually classed to-gether. Precisely as we co-ordinate the names Chip-pendale. Heppelwhite and Sheraton so do we bringthe styles of the three Louis into partnership. Louis the fourteenth the so called Grand Mon-arque ruled France from 1643 to 1715 by his exac-tion, extravagance and waste, sowing the seeds thata century later brought forth the bitter fruit of revo-lution and terror. With the national financial systembankrupt here was a king that maintained exaltedplace as the first sovereign of Europe, only in the endto have hi-- burial equipage hounded by curses deep,. Fig. 1 vehement and prolonged. Unlimited expenditure ofmoney wrung from the pockets of a hard working-peasantry was the means by which the mare was keptmagnificently going. The many were persistentlyexploited in order that the few might pass their lives in luxuriant idleness. Never was king more lavishwith means wrung from helpless people. It matterednot that money was scarce, means had to be found topay for the erection of magnificent Versailles andother royal residences. The furniture and interior
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