The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 210
osts uphold thetester or ceil. The Du Cerceausgive several designs for four-posters,but the bed at Chenon9eaux tradi-tionally associated with Catherine deMedicis, on page 140, is an actualsurvival and of the greater interest. The couchette was a forerunner of the present-day bed. FIREPLACES The… … COUCHETTE (DATE 1583). CHABKlfeEES-AKLfiS COLLECTION. 150 DECORATIVE FURNITURE TABLES About 1560 the table a mllonge, from which our British draw-table was evolved, was introduced into France; the French table,however, usually had a colonnade placed upon the central tread bar or plinth connecting…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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