Canadian Jewellers Association · Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co · leaf 853
transfor-mation of the chestinto a chest of draw-ers. By a gradualprocess, the elabor-ate, lidded box devel-oped further into anelevated cupboardwith che>t lielow, andthen came the cheston the chest, whichgrew into the Tallboy, or Haut Boisof the days of QueenAnne. Chests remained asimportant… … AN ITALIAN BRIDAL CHEST OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD. Italian artists and craftsmen of the highest order gave their best to theproduction of elaborately carved bridal chests or cassoni. and at this periodthere was scarcely a home in Italy that did not possess one. Too Much Efficiency IF ever the world…
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