The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 548
divisionsfrom William and Marys reign. The carved stool or tabouret is more probably of French thanof English workmanship, being reminiscent of those set aside forthe princesses and duchesses at the court, and for whose possessionthese ladies are said to have indulged in fisticuffs at times.… … S&- WILLIAM, ANNE, AND GEORGE L—1688-1727 421 The importance of bedroom equipments in this period wasrealised at first in looking-glasses, such as that illustrated,alleged to have been possessed by Mary Queen of Scots, butobviously of late seventeenth-century design, and in CHESTS OF DRAWERS.…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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