The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 326
MAEQUETERIE TABLE-TOP, WITH OYSTER WORK FRAME,(SIR GEORGE DONALDSON.) ••THE INDIAN TASTE Though examples of that most charming of the decorative pro-cesses of the Orient, the art of lacquering, were imported in increasingquantities from the Indies, China, and Japan throughout the seven-teenth… … CARVED CHEESE PRESS. Pieces such as the cheese press and the reading desk here-with, show the wider application of ornamental woodwork to objects of use. Thanks to the Second Duke ofBuckingham, chemist, statesman, fiddler,and buffoon, who was also a manu-facturer bringing over craftsmen fromVenice…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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