Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 133
sic contour of its lines, andof the ornament that was doing its best to be freed from the Eococo; 128 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. while carving, perhaps inspired by recent English work, when used inpreference to the perfect marquetry or in conjunction with it, was neverin any French work… … Louis Seize Bedchamber. had become very large, and, used extravagantly still, made resplendentfeatures in the fashion ; the tables were on long, slender, straight or ta-pering legs, sometimes simply standing four-square, sometimes with oval-shaped connecting bars between the feet, most of them of a…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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