Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 102
ne that, inmaintaining its curve, runs into all sorts of vagaries—imps frolicking inthe flowers, dragon-flies that have half the mind to be winged griffins,leaves that fashion crowned, and bearded faces, the gayety of the whole inits free fancy never forgetting beauty. One can scarcely realize the… … Ebony Cabinet, Childs Walnut Chair, Oak Easel, Louis XIII.; Italian Sconce, with Copper and Gold Chasing, Sixteenth Century. Nothing more luxurious, perhaps nothing more enervating, can be con-ceived than lovely lofty rooms ornamented and finished in this style, towhich only the soft and silvery…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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