Canadian Jewellers Association · Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co · leaf 852
nopportunity for dec-oration which mightdistinguish thedower chest fromthe ordinary cumber-so^me travelling box.Great iron ringswere fitted to someof these for the pur-pose of carryingwith ropes and poles.Long poles wereslipped through therings and theseserved as handles.Sometimes the chestwent to… … Apearl. elegance began to ap-pear, the homely chestwas required to harmon-ize with its improvingsurroundings. Being al-ways in use and there-fore always in evidence,the chest was decorated,carved and painted, to suit hangings, furnishings. Thecostly stuffs and tapestries of the fifteenth century…
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