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took place,it is not unlikely that the modern divan, with its indications of separateseats, together with the sofa, can claim relationship with the form. It is not necessary, however, that the sofa should seek so haughty anancestry as this old Roman shape; for not long after the tenth centurythe… … Modem Gothic Sofa. 28 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. Normandy, stopping with his knights at Constantinople, on his pilgrimageto Jerusalem, found the descendants of the old Roman Empire therealready so Orientalized that they contentedly sat upon the ground withno benches in the audience…
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