The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 304
ot, Sans-pareil and citron-juice. The tones of tulipwood, apt to be fiery at fii*st, and of the otherwoods, have been bleached and mellowed by age to a series of subtlychanging gradations ranging from pale biscuit to pale umber. As one studies the escritoire de toilette ones thoughts turn to… … THE RfiGENCE AND LOUIS XY. PERIODS 2-25 account of the industry at Canton, the productions of which he con-fesses, however, to be inferior, artistically to those of Japan. When Robert Martin died the art gradually lost its high estateand became a commercial matter, especially when for foreign…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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