The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 379
i decorativekii<>wl(Ml;^() of Einpiio modes lioin this Hliltedand theatrically Tiiiiuhvl painter. A (lravvin<^-rooni bet of furniture durin;^the Knipire usually consisted of six arm-chaii-s,six small chairs, two htrgeres, one or two sofas,and two tahourds. … KXPIUB CHAJK. OARVS MKVBLM. CHAIRS De Goncourt epitomises revolutionary Frances attitude towardsfurniture when he tells us that she w^ished to dwell in the sceneof a tragedy with a Spartan body in Etruscan chairs made ofmahogany, whose backs w^ere in the form of shovels, or of twotrumpets and a…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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