Identifier: decorativeperiod00clifrich (find matches)
Title: The decorative periods
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935
Subjects: Furniture Decoration and ornament Interior decoration
Publisher: New York, Clifford & Lawton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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LOUIS XV
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LOUIS XV—REGENCY PERIOD. (SEE PAGE 196) 196 The Decorative Periods Regency period—a depiction of contemporary life, and especiallyeloquent became the work of Antoine Watteau. He was thedelineator of the manners and amusements of his day, as repre-sented by the masquerades and court customs and Arcadianaffectations, in that period so much the rage. Naturally, in the representations of scenes of gaiety andfrivolity, the decorative surroundings, or frame-work, weretreated more lightly. It must not be understood that all seriouswork was stopped ; it was simply an age of follyand extravagance, and serious work was appre-ciated by the few. To be sure, Oudrys famouscartoons, illustrating the La Fontaine fables,were executed about this time in Beauvais tap-estry, and some of the finest work of the Gobe-lins was undertaken, but the nudities of Boucherand the frivolities of Watteau were the fashion,and gave lasting imprint to the Louis XVperiod. Occasionally also may be noted in thisperiod

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