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Art decoration applied to furniture (1878)

Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 51

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ng for a shelf ad-ditional to that between the le^s, andunder the top a small locked cup-board, opening with two doors, likethat of a cabinet. This is the form in which we know the credence to-day.At first it was put near the dining-table, and was used for the tasting-cups that in those wicked… … Modern Gothic Sideboard. THE SIDEBOARD. 47 and not only the one which to-day slides np and down between the floors,but also the little servante which was the original credence on rollerspushed round the table from guest to guest, and carrying such thingsas were needed, so that one might enjoy the…

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