THE STYLE OF LOUIS XVI. 



419 



Since the Louis 

 XVI. treatment lent 

 itself much less to 

 the technique of 

 wrought iron than 

 the Louis XV., and 

 approached rather 

 that of cast iron, 

 many works of the 

 period are, in fact, 

 wholly or partly cast. 

 Examples are to be 

 seen at most of the 

 buildings referred to 

 in this chapter. 

 The following may 

 especially be noticed: 

 the railings and gates 

 of the Palais de 

 Justice and Ecole 

 Militaire in Paris, of 

 the Hotel Dieu at 

 Chartres, a gate at 

 the Bourse at Bor- 

 deaux, the stair rails 



396. AMIENS: HOUSE AT 11 RUE DELAMBE. 



of the Palais Royal, the Ecole Militaire and the Petit Trianon, of Com- 

 piegne, and of the Hotel d'Assier at Toulouse ; a triumphal arch at 

 Rheims ; screens in the cathedral at Amiens, St Wulfran, Abbeville ; 

 balconies passim at Bordeaux. Among the most noted smiths were 

 Corbin, Bigonnet, and Fayet. 



All the characteristics of the style of Louis XVI. at its period of 

 maturity are illustrated in " Recueil Elementaire d'Architecture" (Paris, 

 1757-60) by the architect Neufforge, the du Cerceau or Le Muet of 

 his day, containing designs for edifices of all kinds together with orna- 

 ment, decoration, and furniture. Figs. 395, 408, 416, and 442 are 

 reproduced from it. 



397. ARABESQUE BY CAUVET. 



