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Art decoration applied to furniture (1877)

Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 55

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Dutch lieuaissauce Cabinet. 50 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. made more attractive by carving, and laid on every shelf a drapery fallingover the front and down the ends, bordered and fringed and exquisitely wrought, making a sunshine ina shady place; and, being thusdressed, the shelves were… … Italian Cabinet, Ebony inlaid with Ivory; Carvings illustrating Jerusalem Delivered, Sixteenth Century; Venetian Chair. spice boxes, the comfit pots, the perfume cases of the day, and must havebeen picturesque and splendid past imagination. Some reminiscence ofthis drapery is found in the tiny…

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