The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 312
have possessed a patience not always given to their de-scendants, to have endured solong the difficulty and dis-comfort involved in obtainingaccess to their goods whenstored at the bottom of theirchests, would have welcomedthe chest with drawers whichwas slowly evolved in the seventeenth century.… … STUART CHEST. 228 DECORATIVE FURNITURE chests of the succeeding days of William the Dutchman and hissuccessors. STUART DECORATIVE DETAILS In consequence of near proximity, the artists and craftsmen ofEngland have usually seen continental styles through the spectaclesof our Gallic neighbours. Art…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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