The decorative periods . THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IN TMK beginning of the Nineteenth Century England was in-rtuenced by the Empire spirit in decoration as exemplifiedby the work of Thomas Hope. In this country a similar tenden-cy had vogue, especially during Jeffersons regime, and wasstimulated by the work of Latrobe, decorator and architect, whoin 1803 was appointed by Jefferson surveyor of public buildingsin Washington, and whose taste prevailed in the plans and deco-rations of the capitol. Latrobe followed the classic character of the Empire school,eliminating the personal element interpolate
The decorative periods . THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IN TMK beginning of the Nineteenth Century England was in-rtuenced by the Empire spirit in decoration as exemplifiedby the work of Thomas Hope. In this country a similar tenden-cy had vogue, especially during Jeffersons regime, and wasstimulated by the work of Latrobe, decorator and architect, whoin 1803 was appointed by Jefferson surveyor of public buildingsin Washington, and whose taste prevailed in the plans and deco-rations of the capitol. Latrobe followed the classic character of the Empire school,eliminating the personal element interpolated by David to glorifyNapoleon—Egyptian and Roman symbolisms of victory andconquest. The Latrobe decorations characterized a style popu-lar in this country early in the Nineteenth Century and termedby some the Jeffersonian. The antique shops have been full of the furniture of thisperiod erroneously termed Colonial. The illustration is a fairtype, date 1820. As the taste for the semi-classic declined, efforts were made. , ^ri^^ :»
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