The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 150
vest for its owners from Bank-holiday connoisseurs of old woodwork. The sixteen post is another characteristic form of Tudor days,consisting of four openwork bases, with columns at each of the foursquare corners, upon which the posts rest. An interesting old brass, copied herewith, in memory of… … 102 DECORATIVE FURNITURE judged from their frequently having names given them. The modernvalue of many old pieces is inflated by the belief that Queen Elizabethslept in them ; but they are so numerous that, to havedone so, she must have spent a great portion of herlong reign in travelling daily…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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