A history of oak furniture . , the Fontaina desInnocents, and a portion of the facade of the Louvre. Jean Gougon was suspectedof being a Huguenot, and tradition has it that he was shot during the massacre ofSt. Bartholomew while engaged at work in the last-mentioned building. This orallegend, which is an exceedingly old and persistent one, has been controverted witlisome success; but, at all events, we hear no more of Jean Gougon, and his influencegradually declined. The carvings upon French cabinets and chests of Gougons time,both in high relief, were frequently executed with much delicacy, b
A history of oak furniture . , the Fontaina desInnocents, and a portion of the facade of the Louvre. Jean Gougon was suspectedof being a Huguenot, and tradition has it that he was shot during the massacre ofSt. Bartholomew while engaged at work in the last-mentioned building. This orallegend, which is an exceedingly old and persistent one, has been controverted witlisome success; but, at all events, we hear no more of Jean Gougon, and his influencegradually declined. The carvings upon French cabinets and chests of Gougons time,both in high relief, were frequently executed with much delicacy, but the accompanyingmouldings were heavy, and surfaces were clogged with an excess of ornament. Yet,with all its defects, this type of art is distinctly a national one, and deserves fullrecognition as a movement which proceeded from within. The decline of Gougonsinfluence in the last quarter of the sixteenth century marked a change in the style offurniture, the subject of which must be reserved for a future occasion. ILAIE NOKMANDV STOOL. FIFTEENTH CENTLRV. VICTORIA AM) ALBERT MLSEUM.
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