Collector's luck; or, A repository of pleasant and profitable discourses descriptive of the household furniture and ornaments of olden time.. (1919)
Carrick, Alice Van Leer, 1875- · Boston, The Atlantic monthly press · leaf 34
atWorcester and signed Mrs. John Smith, — you willnotice that Frances Morses text describes this tableas owned by John Smith, Esq., of Worcester, — that they discovered it to be the identical table L had pointed out in the book. Wasnt that an ex-traordinary coincidence.^ Our dealer had found… … Collection of Mrs. Carle ton. That lovely Empire table: a symbol of collectors luckraised to the nih power.
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