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The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)

Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 46

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ANCIENT CREEK STOOL(DIOPHROS). … ANCIENT CREEK JUDGESCHAIK. A travelling and colonising race, they assimilated the principlesof the peoples with whom they came into contact, without blindlyimitating the forms. Though thus indebted to other races, Greek ornament is a distinct evolution, from which the succeeding ages have drawn…

Furniture · Decoration and ornament

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