The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 47
Fig. 12.—Bed furnished with Canopy and Curtains, from a Miniature at the end of the Fourteenth Centurj-. (MS. de la Bibl. Imp. de Paris.) cabinet-making and of inlaying had attained in the Middle Ages. Eleganceand originality of design in inlaid metals, jasper, mother-of-pearl, ivory;carving,… … witli extreme delicacy of taste (Plate I.), and still remains inimitable, if notin all tlie details of execution, at least in rich and harmonious effect. At the time of the Renaissance, cabinetsTvith numerous drawers and in several compart-ments were introduced : these were known inGermany by the…
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