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Dutch and Flemish Furniture
bahuts, cabinets, armoires, tables, chairs and the old
" sideboards," known in England in Jacobean days as
" court cupboards," and in Flanders as credences or
buffet a deux corps," were as highly ornamented with
carving in the late Renaissance style as they were with
Gothic ornament during the fifteenth century. During
the Louis XIII period, the more important pieces of
furniture usually assumed the forms and lines of Classic
architecture. A typical bahut of this period (see Plate
LVII), owes its interest chiefly to its architectural
decorations. The fluted columns, though somewhat
squat, which adorn the divisions of the front, produce a
pleasing effect ; the mouldings are strongly accented and
their ornamentations are bold and in fine style. One
can easily understand that this chest would not be out of
place in any late Renaissance apartment, but would
contribute to the decorative effect of the whole. The
two side niches representing the two virtues contain
statuettes—Prudence and Strength. The central panel
tells the story of Judith and Holofernes with a directness
and simplicity worthy of a Botticelli.
The two-storied buffet (buffet a deux corps) frequently
received similar treatment, totally at variance with the
handsome one reproduced in Plate XLIII. A splendid
example decorated with the arms of Ypres, Ghent, Bruges
and Franc, is preserved in the Ypres Museum. This
was the work of Jan van de Velde, who carved it in 1644,
and received 162 florins for his trouble.
The bench (banc), often forms part of the woodwork
of the wall of a hall in Flanders in the seventeenth century.
It was frequently placed between the windows and made
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bahuts, cabinets, armoires, tables, chairs and the old
" sideboards," known in England in Jacobean days as
" court cupboards," and in Flanders as credences or
buffet a deux corps," were as highly ornamented with
carving in the late Renaissance style as they were with
Gothic ornament during the fifteenth century. During
the Louis XIII period, the more important pieces of
furniture usually assumed the forms and lines of Classic
architecture. A typical bahut of this period (see Plate
LVII), owes its interest chiefly to its architectural
decorations. The fluted columns, though somewhat
squat, which adorn the divisions of the front, produce a
pleasing effect ; the mouldings are strongly accented and
their ornamentations are bold and in fine style. One
can easily understand that this chest would not be out of
place in any late Renaissance apartment, but would
contribute to the decorative effect of the whole. The
two side niches representing the two virtues contain
statuettes—Prudence and Strength. The central panel
tells the story of Judith and Holofernes with a directness
and simplicity worthy of a Botticelli.
The two-storied buffet (buffet a deux corps) frequently
received similar treatment, totally at variance with the
handsome one reproduced in Plate XLIII. A splendid
example decorated with the arms of Ypres, Ghent, Bruges
and Franc, is preserved in the Ypres Museum. This
was the work of Jan van de Velde, who carved it in 1644,
and received 162 florins for his trouble.
The bench (banc), often forms part of the woodwork
of the wall of a hall in Flanders in the seventeenth century.
It was frequently placed between the windows and made
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