Chats on old furniture : a practical guide for collectors (1906)
Hayden, Arthur, 1868-1946 · New York : F. A. Stokes · leaf 124
ank intothe wood and was not a surface polish, and wasprobably used to preserve the wood. These oldpieces, which have received centuries of rubbing withbeeswax and oil, have resulted in producing a rich,warm tone which it is impossible to copy by any ofthe subtle arts known to the modern forger.… … CHEST OF DRAWERS, OAK, LATE JACOBEAN.(Height, 4 ft. 4^ in.; width, 3 ft. 2 in. ; depth, i ft. 10 in.) The Italian Renaissance furniture probably receivedan oil varnish, the composition of which, like thevarnish employed for old violins, has been lost, butafter centuries of careful usage and…
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