EBONY CABINET.
With marble mosaics, and bronze gilt ornaments, Florentine work.
PERIOD: XVII. CENTURY.
The outlines and general designs of the earlier Renaissance cabinets were apparently suggested by the old Roman triumphal arches and sarcophagi; afterwards these were modified and became varied, elegant and graceful, but latterly as the period of decline was marked, the outlines, as shewn in the two chairs on the preceding page, became confused and dissipated by over-decoration.
VENETIAN STATE CHAIR.
Carved and Gilt Frame, upholstered with Embroidered Velvet. Date about 1670.
(In the possession of H.M. the King at Windsor Castle.)