Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 60
,And the cup-lily couches with all her white daughters. When they had reached such perfection in other glass, and the State itselftook such an interest in the manufacture, it was not remarkable that themirrors of the Venetians should soon have been equally famous. For thefirst two hundred years the… … Mirror of the Time of Elizabeth. Louis Quinze that the painted or gilded panel was let in at the top. Traceries were sunk around the edges at the back, glittering through, and the edges were bevelled, sometimes for the depth of an inch, the bevel observing all the angles and curves of the frame.…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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