. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . becamemore favoured, with a corresponding adaptation ofthe furniture to the home of the private citizen;whilst the increased recognition of comfort as aprinciple of design is manifested both by the useof arm-chairs and of upholstery. That light chairs, in addition to folding chairs,were introduced in France early in the sixteenthcentury is shown conclusively by the inventory ofthe household goods of the Duchesse de Valentinois. At the beginning of Henri Quatresreign such chairs were being made with rush seatsin Italy, but it wa
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . becamemore favoured, with a corresponding adaptation ofthe furniture to the home of the private citizen;whilst the increased recognition of comfort as aprinciple of design is manifested both by the useof arm-chairs and of upholstery. That light chairs, in addition to folding chairs,were introduced in France early in the sixteenthcentury is shown conclusively by the inventory ofthe household goods of the Duchesse de Valentinois. At the beginning of Henri Quatresreign such chairs were being made with rush seatsin Italy, but it was not until much later that thelighter forms had practically supplanted the heavierand more sumptuous types of upholstered seats,although the coqiietoire chair is mentioned in Frenchinventories of the days of Charles ix. Until itsaiTival, arms to chairs appear to have been therule in France: they were discarded there, as in- England, owing to the dress fashions. Mazarins AKM-CUAIK. VICTORIA AND O o ^ ALBEKT MUSEUM. invcutory of 1653 shows that chairs had by that. CHAIR. LOUIS XIII. MUSfiEDE LOUVRE.
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