Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 30
or, andthe withdrawal of the rest to the East, where day by day it assimilateditself more and more to Oriental customs, the habits of life seem to havereturned to something very near the primitive. In the general desolationthere was no more furniture, and, as we have already said, nobody tomake it,… … Modern Gothic Uimug-room Seat. 26 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. for bed and seat and table too. The bencli was probably suggested bythis for temporary purposes, made simply as the rudest bench of to-day,with a plank and two uprights, but after a while with more care. Small
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
Internet Archive · Clark Art Institute Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.