Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 37
State Chair of Oak, Louis XII.; French Chair, Seventeenth Century. 32 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. … that they occupied some place of hon-or. It is a similar chair, without thecarving, moved out of place, that inthe fifteenth century we find drapedfrom head to foot with a vast hammer-cloth of rich material that loosely buteffectively covers back and front andsides, and extends some distance…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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