. The grammar of ornament . eir extravagance, made many beautifulornamental designs, showing in them a sense of capricious beauty of line rarely surpassed. In someof Le Pautres designs (reign of Louis XIV.), this quality may be recognised, as well as in many ofthe interior decorations given in Blondels works published during the reign of Louis XV. De Neufforge is, however, the master of the ceremonies in this latter court of revels, and doessufficiently graceful fooling in the 900 plates comprised in his great body of Ornament. To dwellupon individuals among the mass of clever ornamental desig
. The grammar of ornament . eir extravagance, made many beautifulornamental designs, showing in them a sense of capricious beauty of line rarely surpassed. In someof Le Pautres designs (reign of Louis XIV.), this quality may be recognised, as well as in many ofthe interior decorations given in Blondels works published during the reign of Louis XV. De Neufforge is, however, the master of the ceremonies in this latter court of revels, and doessufficiently graceful fooling in the 900 plates comprised in his great body of Ornament. To dwellupon individuals among the mass of clever ornamental designers, draughtsmen, and engravers, towhom the Grand Monarque and the brilliant court of his successor gave good pay and plenty of work,would be out of place here. There is one, however, Jean Berain, who cannot be passed over, seeingthat he held the special appointment of • Dessinateur des Menus Plaisirs du Roi (Louis XIV), andthat to him we are indebted for the best designs which will render the name of Buhl famous so long. Frieze Ornament, Louis Seize, by Fay. as a taste for beautiful furniture exists. He contributed materially to the decoration of the GaleriedApollon of the Louvre, and of the State apartments in the Tuileries, as is elegantly testified in awork published in the year 1710. Another large collection of his admirably sportive designs wasengraved by Daigremont, Scotin, and others. With the advent of Louis XV. to the throne, in 1715,the manner of designing grew far more rococo and barocque than it had been during thegreatest part of his predecessors reign. In spite of the fine talents and good example set by thearchitect Soufflot in his works, the twisted and foliated scrolls and shells of the former grew into150 ITALIAN OENAMENT. the rocaille and grotto-work of the latter; degenerating at last into all the eccentricities of Chinoiserie. From this style of approaching inanition, ornament revived under Louis XVI. to anelegant though liney style, corresponding in so
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