Haweis, Mary Eliza (Joy) "Mrs. H.R. Haweis," 1852-1898 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 285
s ; we make hideousones in spite of facilities unlimited. Had the artists ofthe Middle Ages, the Renaissance, or even old Rome,possessed this secret, they would have mounted theirgreat mirrors in panels which would have been theadmiration of the world. Most large looking-glasses of the least… … Fig. 43—Venetian mirror-framt MIRROR-FRAMES. 257 introduced in places. But a looking-glass of this weightand importance ought never to have a mean and meagreframe. If we look at the frames of the sixteenth centuryfor either pictures or mirrors, we shall find that they areall broad and massive…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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