Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 29
omes common ; a commercein ivory, ebony, gold and silks, andall things rare and fine, enriches ev-erybody who is concerned in it; andout of this extravagance the arts andthe trades and the fairs flourish—flour-ish from year to year and from ageto age—till the last of the fashions inlending her days… … Mediaeval Dresser. furniture, that a daughter of the Greek emperor THE SEAT. IV. THE SEAT. ALMOST all that we know of very ancient furniture is gathered frombass-reliefs, mural and ceramic painting, and from scattered remarksof the writers of antiquity. We have pictures of Egyptianthrone - chairs,…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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