The decorative periods . ecorative acces-sory, although, we must admit, in the more ornate form of theLouis XIV style the fabrics were hung in a manner to harmon-ize with the architectural and decorative character of the valances and Greek valances came in, but they were usedonly where necessity seemed to dictate, and followed classicrules. Where heavy curtains were drawn back they werebunched and hung full. With the Louis XV style, however, came an over-elabora-tion of detail in the general furnishings of a room, and thedraperies followed the same spirit. The valances were cut inthe
The decorative periods . ecorative acces-sory, although, we must admit, in the more ornate form of theLouis XIV style the fabrics were hung in a manner to harmon-ize with the architectural and decorative character of the valances and Greek valances came in, but they were usedonly where necessity seemed to dictate, and followed classicrules. Where heavy curtains were drawn back they werebunched and hung full. With the Louis XV style, however, came an over-elabora-tion of detail in the general furnishings of a room, and thedraperies followed the same spirit. The valances were cut inthe form suggested by the rococo tendency of the times, andbeneath these extravagant valances other draperies weregathered in innumerable folds of a complex character. In manycases light draperies were draped over the valance, and in stillother cases the valance and curtain combined in one. Even thebottoms of the chairs were draped. This tendency to drape furniture reached England, and wastaken up by Hepplewhite?\i TOWARDS the end of the Sixteenth Century the hard and fastrules of Classic Renaissance were regarded by many asfetters, and the effort on the part of this class to achieve impres-siveness and grandeur became expressed in the sacrifice of goodtaste and unity of design, and the production of a compositeform termed Baroque was the result. In England and France the influence of the Baroque wasslight; it was more pronounced in Germany, and may be entitledby courtesy to a place in period history, but the term never-theless is applied usually in the adjective sense to inartisticattempts at Renaissance art. The Baroque period extended in Germany into the middleof 1700. Originally hybrid Renaissance, it later incorporatedLouis XIV and Louis XV features in a mass of heavy and cum-bersome cartouche and scroll forms, oppressive and inconsistent.
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