Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 53
Early Credence. 48 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. three, or more shelves, and was exactly like the etagere of the moderndrawing-room. This was toward the end of the fourteenth century, whenthe Dukes of Burgundy dazzled all France by their splendor, and everylord tried to rival his neighbor m… … Mocleru Gothic Bric-a-brac Cabinet. ure, but to exhibit it permanently also, as the glazed buffets fixed in thecorner of the dining-room of many an old mansion testify. But the realbuffet five hundred years ago was a temporary affair, and the name havingbeen at first given to the closet where were…
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