French Architectural Ornament: From Versailles, by Eugène Rouyer

By Eugène Rouyer

From France's proudest architectural heirlooms comes this number of ornaments—an notable collection of the splendid that run from ground to ceiling and span the grand facades of royal apartments. Their origins diversity from the 16th via eighteenth centuries, courting from the guideline of France's first Renaissance king, Francis I, to the opulent period of Louis XIV, the mythical solar King.
Illustrated with sixty one colour and a hundred black-and-white drawings, this compilation good points highlights from infrequent nineteenth-century guides, one in all which was once edited via a distinct architectural historian of the Louvre. a visible travel via throne rooms, deepest flats, chapels, libraries, and ballrooms, it encompasses depictions of scenes from heritage and mythology in addition to a wealthy collection of botanical and different ornamental components from doorways, partitions, fireplaces, cupboards, consoles, and friezes. short captions determine every one image.

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