The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 177
ay, whether of soft woodgilt or of walnut, are survivals of the Venice of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, ere she ceased to bethe commercial centre of the world, and thechief factor in transporting the products ofthe Levant to the nations of the West. To inhabitants of a country… … FLORENTINE FOLDING CHAIR, its worst, FIREPLACES are not necessarily the all-importantpieces oi stationary furniture; nor iscomfort the first consideration. Never-theless, the Italian chimney-piece ofmarble or stone, with its deep friezeand architectural treatment, character-istic of the sixteenth…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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