The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 185
FRAMES Equally important as decorative assets to the Italian designer werethe mirror and other frames. Though the Venetians were justly famedfor their glass manufactures, the looking-glass, to employ a Hibernian-ism, was still of burnished metal, decorated upon each side, and frequentlymade with a… … It is difficult to speak of exquisitepieces of craftsmanship and design, jisare many of the carved frames of theItalian Renaissance, without appearingto entertain an exaggerated impressionof their art value; but to the writer itis in such charming mirror frames as thatshown upon page 118 that the…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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