The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 252
on itsarrival on the Spanish peninsula it found prompt acceptance. Itwas probably little known in England until the marriage of Charles ii.to Catherine of Braganza, when the Queen imported into this countrythe coloured and gilded leathers, the twist-turned spiral furniture, andother decorative… … A CHAPTER ON THE CHAIR THE mists of antiquity envelop the beginnings of the seat:indeed, it may be somewhat outside our present politeprovince to inquire minutely whether mans predilectionfor the seat of wood, as for other furniture of that material, is anadded proof of his Simian ancestry, with…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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