Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 21
blew; journeys weretaken; the lord came home from one of the Crusades, and brought memo-ries of the East with him—stories of Istamboul, wonders that he had seenat Venice; and then at last the taste of the owner began to direct the skillof the maker, and the romance of the Middle Ages turned a… … Chamber of Castle in Twelfth Century. Instead of fancying with the minds eye, says Sir Samuel Myrick, that we behold the stately knights and dames of old sitting within barewalls and resting their feet on rushes, instead of imagining that we imi-tate their greatest splendor when we confine the…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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