The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 298
dorperiod, they had apparently littlevogue and suffered eclipse fromthe troubled days of the CivilWar ; being, one would imagine,equally in danger from usage ordislike by the soldiery. STUAET DAY-BED. Their prompt reintroductionand popularity at the Restoration was probably owing to their gayrevolt… … 216 DECORATIVE FURNITURE SETTLES AND COUCHES Of all the settles and benches wliich mediaeval MSS. and otherdocumentary evidence prove to have existed from the earliest times,either as dossiers or similarly shaped to the bancs of Francis i.s days,scarcely any of English decorative and domestic…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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