... in France. Their characteristic features - exuberant lines, harmonious proportions and the integration of decorative features with structure - were taken directly from French furniture. Time and distance did, however, lead to changes that gave French Canadian furniture its own special character. The colony's craftsmen, unrestrained by rules established by trade guilds, could give ... free rein to their imagination. They adapted the forms of the major styles and created traditional motifs characteristic of New France. Most traditional French Canadian ... furniture made before 1750 reflec...

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Restoration Drama In my opinion the restoration of the "Last Supper" by Leonardo De Vinci was necessary to salvage at least part of Leonardo's original work. I have always appreciated the character that years of patina add to furniture and probably would have appreciated the same in the "Last Supper". If I were to have seen it prior to it's restoration and was unaware of all the previous attempts I would have felt they should have left it alone and would have thought the restoration was too much. Keeping in mind that Barcilon did uncover some of Leonardo's original work was worth the restorati...

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