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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 56

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VIKING CHAIR. TENTH CENTURY. ANCIENT ROMAN AND BYZANTINE 23 … by the Latins at their capture of Constantinople, in the early part of the thirteenth century. The pressure of the Northern barbarians upon the Western Empire, of which Rome was still the chief city, caused an exodus of the wealthier inhabitants, who fled to Constantinople, the less harassed…

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