Northend, Mary Harrod, 1850- · Boston, Little, Brown, and company · leaf 253
esigners was Chippen-dale, who wrought out Chinese patterns, hisschemes showing a wonderful weaving of birds,flowers, animals, and even human beings. Onedesign, typical of his work, shows a flat woodeaframe cut in graceful arches, with a gilded eagleperched on top with outspread wings. Gilt… … MIRRORS and flowers, as well as ornaments strung on wire,were frequently used by him, and are consideredcharacteristic of his type. It was customary for the frames to rest on a pairof mirror knobs, which were fitted to the loweredge of the frame and screwed firmly to the wall.These knobs were often…
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