Design for a Chair Back Cover with a Squatting Half-Human Grotesque Figure Inside an Ornamental Frame Made of Two Cornucopias Holding Bundles of Leaves and Fruits and Scrolls of Leaves and Flowers 1870-1900 () Anonymous, French, 19th century Rectangular sheet of paper with a design for a chair back cover from the second half of the nineteenth, forming part of the Classical and Renaissance Revival that took place from about 1850, where the interest on the art and architecture from Ancient Rome and the 15th and 16th centuries was propelled by archaeological discoveries in Greece, Italy and Egypt. Through this style, Classical and Renaissance pieces of art and design were reinterpreted in a variety of forms and motifs, and classical figures, scrolling decorations, strapwork, and grotesques and moresques, became central element in design. This Revival was characterized by the use of design motifs that alluded to Classical Antiquity, including vases and trophies with pastoral attributes, c
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