The Directoire style, which takes its name from the Directory, the government of the Directors that lasted four years, 1795-99, is not a finished and independent style in itself, but a transitional…
Just as Gothic architecture took but a feeble hold on Italy, so that of the Renaissance was not quickly accepted north of the Alps, owing to the still lingering vitality of the flamboyant Gothic…
To understand the development of domestic furniture and its place in the changing social habits, it is necessary to begin by considering furniture of the Middle Ages, because the modern is the…
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