Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 144
s altogether a trib-ute to the emperor or anemanation from his pride.Doubtless many of its peculiarities were formed by rumor of those ancienttreasures that were opened to general knowledge by the late campaigns andvictories; and, for the rest, it was probably still aware of that influencewhich had… … First Empire Bedstead. 140 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. were carried to the museums of Kaples and Portici, and open to all theworld, they were too florid to be of the same use that they had been inthe Louis Seize, and seem never to have commanded any strict study fromthe designers of the…
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