. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . and Burgkmair,Jost Amman, Vriedeman de Vries, Wendel Dietterlin—the Du Cerceau of the GermanRenaissance, as De Vries was of the Flemish—andPeter Flotner, are among the contributors to thesepattern books. Frequently then- designs took the formof title pages, and these were culled from, withoutthought of relevancy, by the Elizabethan and Jacobeancarvers. Much decorative furniture found in Germany, andattributed to this period, bears every indication of Z Flemish inspiration; indeed, when exer- ^^ \^ cised without allowance for th
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . and Burgkmair,Jost Amman, Vriedeman de Vries, Wendel Dietterlin—the Du Cerceau of the GermanRenaissance, as De Vries was of the Flemish—andPeter Flotner, are among the contributors to thesepattern books. Frequently then- designs took the formof title pages, and these were culled from, withoutthought of relevancy, by the Elizabethan and Jacobeancarvers. Much decorative furniture found in Germany, andattributed to this period, bears every indication of Z Flemish inspiration; indeed, when exer- ^^ \^ cised without allowance for the borrowing habit betweennear neighbours, dogmatism relative to the parentageof decorative furniture at this period peculiarly justifiesSidney Smiths definition as grown up civil and Napoleonic wars in which Germanyengaged during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nine-teenth centuries were carried on with so much ferocity,and the destruction of the enemys goods and chattels was deemedso essential to their proper conduct, that Germany has probably. SIXTEENTH-CENTtTRYCHAIR. DE VRIES.
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