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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



421. FONTAINEBLEAU : DOOR IN MARIE ANTOINETTE'S BOUDOIR. 



have at this period the peculiarity of being closely pleated throughout 

 their length. They are largely used also in frames ; sometimes a single 

 ribbon is coiled spirally round a staff; sometimes two are intertwined 

 round a ribbed torus. 



In arabesques the reign of symmetry was reinstated as elsewhere. 

 They often betray close study of Roman models, ancient and 



