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teenth century. The printing offices are untouched,
and two of the rooms are hung with gilt Spanish leather
of the sixteenth century.
In the last chapter we brought the masters of
Decorative Art down to the middle of the sixteenth
century. After these came Cornelius and James Floris,
whose family name was de Vriendt. The head of the
family, Cornelius de Vriendt, a stone-cutter, used the
name of his grandfather, Floris de Vriendt, a member
of the Guild des Quatres-Couronnes in 1476. Cornelius
had four sons : John, a potter, who settled in Spain ;
Frans Floris (1518 ?-70), a painter ; James (1524-81),
a celebrated glass-painter ; and Cornelius (1514-74), a
sculptor and architect, who was responsible for the
Antwerp Town Hall, the house of the Hanseatic League,
the tabernacle of Lean and the rood-loft of the Cathe-
dral of Tournay.
James was also a skilful engraver, and was par-
ticularly noted for his panels, or compartments, which
in his day were such favourite designs. His drawings
were edited by Jerome Cock, and obtained a great
success.
Jerome Cock produced a great deal of decorative
design in the second half of this century. His figures are
graceful and well disposed, and his draperies and gar-
lands of fruits and flowers are charmingly effective.
Two of his designs for goldsmiths' work are reproduced
on Plate XIX and Plate XX.
Cornelius and James Floris developed a new style,
still known in Flanders as the Floris style. The school
included many able designers whose names still survive,
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