Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 140
about them; and sometimes a layer ofanother color above the main tint was cut away into the design, as acameo is cut, although of course on a less delicate scale; and wdien thewalls themselves were not ornamented with the architectural outlines,with the dark panels and the graceful figures, then… … Modern Pompeiau Parlor. Among the movable articles of furniture in these luxurious homesthere were pretty tripods of bronze to sustain the braziers that sufficientlyheated the rooms in such chilly weather as comes to the Vesuvian slope,to hold the flowers that the Pompeians used freely as the old…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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