The municipal laws of the same city relativeto the chair-makers who make hip-chairs to sitin, and leather-covered chests, were cried, in1515 and 1536, in the street of the chairmakersand carpenters. Fettered by irksome regulationsof this kind, we cannot wonder that the arts andcrafts of Christian… … DOOR OF THE HALL OF THE ABENCERRAJES{Alkatnbra, Granada) FURNITURE Owing to the false and faulty workmanship pre-vailing in Granada, it is provided by these statutesthat the wood employed in making chairs mustbe bought by the manufacturers in public auctiononly, held in the little square where…
Decorative arts -- Spain History
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