Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 40
with either side free, and nobody seemed to picture the possibil-ity of another arrangement. It was only after so many various divisionsof the original great hall had taken place, and space became an object,that it occurred to their owners to set them closely into a corner—a muchless healthy if… … 3G ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. an open space called the ruelle. If one were ill, friends were receivedthere, and to be admitted to the ruelle of the monarchs bedside was acrowning favor. It was into this ruelle and beneath the curtains of thebig bed that the little cradle used to be taken…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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