THE STYLE Of LOUIS XIV. 



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VERSAILLES: CHIMNEY-PIECE IN Louis XIV. 's STATE BEDROOM, IN 

 THE MANNER OF P. LE PAUTRE, c. 1701. 



or volute meet, one of them runs past the junction, j>o as to form a 

 horn-like flourish ending in a bird's head or knot of foliage. By all 

 these means a new and more piquant flavour began to enter into 

 decoration. 



LATER DECORATION. At the same time the fittings underwent 

 modification. Improvements in the manufacture of mirrors now made 

 it possible to obtain them in large sheets, and, on the initiative of 

 ]. H. Mansart, the ponderous chimney-pieces began to be replaced by 

 a mere surround and low shelf, in order to fill the whole space above 

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