French Wood Carvings From the National Museums, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from French Wood Carvings From the National Museums, Vol. 1: Printed in Collotype From Photographs Specially Taken From the Carvings Direct, Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth CenturiesThe limited choice-of objects at my disposal has made it impossible to treat the subject from a purely historical point of view, as there is no connected chain, although the examples have been classified chronologically. They have been principally selected from the collection of. French Woodwork bought by the authorities of the South Kens'ington Museum in 1895, and now divided amongst the various National Museums.After mature consideration, and acting upon the advice of several French experts, I have decided on dividing the centuries into early, middle, and late, and when a king's name is mentioned it is to suggest that the design and carving are typical of the style prevalent during his reign, rather than to assert that the work was actually carried out in his lifetime.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.