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Title: An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork, & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Strange, Thomas Arthur
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Furniture Interior decoration
Publisher: London : McCorquodale, New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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s. ENTERED AT STATIONERS HALL. 400 PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS. AN HISTORICAL GUIDE TO FRENCH Interiors, Furniture, DECORATION, Woodwork & Allied Arts DURING The last half of the Seventeenth Century, THE WHOLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, And the earlier part of the Nineteenth, BY THOMAS ARTHUR STRANGE. Published by McCORQUODALE & CO., Limited, 40, Coleman Street. London, E.C.;Also at Glasgow, Leeds, and Newton-le-Willows. CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS, 153-157, Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK. BOARD OF EDUCATION ( VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM). TRUSTEES OF WALLACE COLLECTION (HERTFORD HOUSE). A o-reat number of the Illustrations in this Book have been introducedwith the Special permission of the above Authorities Permission has also been granted by the Directors of several of theFrench Palaces and Museums (Louvre, Versailles, etc.). The right to reproduce other Photographs (Interiors) has beenpurchased. THE LIBRARY OKIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROVO, UTAH Louis XIII. SIMON VOUET. First Half 17th Century.
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Simon Vouet wasborn in 150,0 and diedin l64Q. He is regardedas the promoter of thegreat art movement inFrance founded on theRenaissance. He visited Italy and studied therethe works of some ofthe great artists, includ-ing Paul Veronese,Valentin, and Cara-vaggio. On his recallto Paris by Louis XIII.,in 1627, Vouet becameprincipal painter to theKing, and had apart-ments allotted to him atthe Louvre. He wasthe master of Le Brim,Pierre Mignard, LeSueur, and many others.While in Italy LouisXIII. had already ac-corded him a pension.He was for a long timeemployed on making de-signs for tapestries. Healso gave lessons to theKing in crayon drawing.He is regarded as thefounder of the Frenchschool. As he was oneof the designers of tap-estries, I have thoughtit best to show oneor two engravings fromhis works to givesome idea of his style.He was a prodigiousworker, and a great number of his works have been engraved. They have been published in a work calledOuvre de Vouet. There is a copy at the Vic

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