The book of American interiors, prepared by Charles Wyllys Elliott from existing houses; with preliminary essays and letterpress descriptions; illustrated in heliotype (1876)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Co. · leaf 114
g. One of the handsomest of LIBRARY TABLES occupies themiddle of the room ; it is of black-walnut, — as are the book-cases and woodwork, — and is very highly carved in that styleof decoration usually called Elizabethan. Our drawing willsufficiently indicate it. The table is some three and a half… … 92 THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE B. CHASE. Open bookcases fill all the spaces, and are about five feethigh. One peculiarity of these is their ample depth, sometwenty inches ; this is more than is absolutely needed for thebooks; but it gives a broad top, upon which vases, busts, andantique bronzes may be…
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