. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . 122 DECORATIVE FURNITURE glass, and Venetian carved furniture of to-day, whether of soft woodgilt or of walnut, are survivals of the Venice of the fifteenth and <^©^. FLOREXTINE FOLDING CRAIB. early sixteenth centuries, ere she ceased to bethe commercial centre of the world, and thechief factor in transporting the products ofthe Levant to the nations of the West. To inhabitants of a country whoseclimate permits of living chiefly in theopen air, the warmth of the ingle hasbut little attractions in comparison withits appeal to
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . 122 DECORATIVE FURNITURE glass, and Venetian carved furniture of to-day, whether of soft woodgilt or of walnut, are survivals of the Venice of the fifteenth and <^©^. FLOREXTINE FOLDING CRAIB. early sixteenth centuries, ere she ceased to bethe commercial centre of the world, and thechief factor in transporting the products ofthe Levant to the nations of the West. To inhabitants of a country whoseclimate permits of living chiefly in theopen air, the warmth of the ingle hasbut little attractions in comparison withits appeal to the dwellers in less sunnylands. The Italian winter being but short atits worst, FIREPLACES are not necessarily the all-importantpieces of stationary furniture; nor iscomfort the first consideration. Never-theless, the Italian chimney-piece ofmarble or stone, with its deep friezeand architectural treatment, character-istic of the sixteenth century, frequentlydominates the apartment, attracting byits refined simplicity more than do theheavily hooded French decorative furnishing waspre-eminently da pompa, the apprecia-tion of classic form and brilliant colourbeing little disturbed by considerationsof comfor
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