The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 181
FRAMES Equally important as decorative assets to the Italian designer werethe mirror and other frames. Though the Venetians were justly famedfor their glass manufactures, the looking-glass, to employ a Hibernian-ism, was still of burnished metal, decorated upon each side, and frequentlymade with a… … CAKVED GILT ITALIAN MIRROR FRAME.SIXTEENTH CENTURV. It is difficult, to speak of exquisitepieces of craftsmanship and design, asare many of the carved frames of theItalian Renaissance, without appearingto entertain an exaggerated impressionof their art value; but to the writer itis in such charming…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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