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Modern Gothic exhibition cabinet (c. 1877–1880) is a piece of Modern Gothic furniture now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Although its design was once attributed to Philadelphia architect Frank Furness and furniture maker Daniel Pabst , MMA now credits its design and manufacture to Pabst alone.
During these two periods, the vogue for medieval things led craftsmen to adopt Gothic decorative motifs in their work, such as bell turrets, lancet arches, trefoils, Gothic tracery and rose windows. This style was also as "Cathedral style" ("À la catédrale") or " Troubadour style " ("style troubadour").
Meiryo UI is a version that uses condensed kana and reduced line height compared to Meiryo, introduced with Windows 7 [1] and is also available as an update in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. [2] Similar to MS UI Gothic, the Meiryo UI fonts are bundled with the same Meiryo TTC files of respective weights.
A crocket (or croquet) is a small, independent decorative element common in Gothic architecture. [1] The name derives from the diminutive of the Old French croc , meaning "hook", due to the resemblance of a crocket to a bishop 's crook -shaped crosier .
There was a little while ago quite a rage for a certain style of furniture that made a great display of seeming steel hinges, key-plates, and handles, with inlaid tiles, carving of an ultra-Gothic type, and an appearance of the ingenuous truth-telling in the construction.
The importation of furniture into England from Flanders and Holland was so significant that a hundred years earlier a law was enacted forbidding the practice — nevertheless carved woodwork was one of the important articles of commerce with the Low Countries, and the country homes of England of this period were filled with articles of Dutch ...
The polyptychs are typically 10–13 cm (3.9–5.1 in) in height. Most of the beads are 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in) in diameter and designed so they could be held in the palm of a hand, hung from necklaces or belts, or worn as fashionable accessories. Boxwood miniatures were highly prized in the early 16th century.
In the years following, Eastlake instead focused on journalism, the occasional design of interior goods, and furniture design. [2] [4] He did not make any furniture; his designs were produced by professional cabinet makers. Drawing-Room Sofa drawn by Charles Eastlake depicted in his book Hints on Household Taste