Canadian wood products industries . Fig. 2. such gave impetus to classic idea in designing formodern needs. As a result of this there was soonobservable both in France and Britain a reversion toclassic forms and a purer taste in design. As a con-sequence we find in the Louis XVI. style a great deal that is borrowed from the Pompean. There is, infact, a strong likeness between the Pompean styleami the Louis XVI. Room decoration in this reign reached the highestpoint of elegance that French art of a sumptuous kindhad touched since the sixteenth century. Rooms pan-elled from floor to ceiling in s
Canadian wood products industries . Fig. 2. such gave impetus to classic idea in designing formodern needs. As a result of this there was soonobservable both in France and Britain a reversion toclassic forms and a purer taste in design. As a con-sequence we find in the Louis XVI. style a great deal that is borrowed from the Pompean. There is, infact, a strong likeness between the Pompean styleami the Louis XVI. Room decoration in this reign reached the highestpoint of elegance that French art of a sumptuous kindhad touched since the sixteenth century. Rooms pan-elled from floor to ceiling in straight lines had mould-ings richly cut up, enclosing carvings done in thehighest styles of the art. Panels were divided by elab-orately decorated pilasters, the quills in the flutes en-. Fig. 3.
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