Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, James R. Osgood and Company, publisher, Rand, Avery & Co., printer, Crossland, W. H. (William Henry), 1835-1908, ill, Sturgis, J. H. (John Hubbard), 1834-1888, ill, Brigham, Charles, 1841-1925, ill, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, ill · Boston [Mass.]: : James R. Osgood and Company, (late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co.) · leaf 326
oelaborate it so much that it should be kept in a glasscase for fear of injury; and the price of some of theseindustrial masterpieces, as they are called, is such, that,together with the risk of destroying them, they are ascostly as white elephants. Thus, a small cabinet forcoins by Diehl, a French… … RELIEF ORNAMENT. 289 The mischief of all this is, that there can be no grada-tion of furniture when one thing is so rich and elaborate.It kills the works of art in an apartment; and it makesthe man who owns it look like a shabby biped, and thecoins it is supposed to protect are not worth so much…
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