The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 497
were carefully set aside for veneeringon oak. We have noted the practice of bleaching walnut in order toheighten the contrasts which prevailed from the commencement ofthe pro-Dutch trend of taste, together with the introduction towardsthe conclusion of the Carolean period of the concentric or… … 382 DECORATIVE FURNITURE walnut, lignum vitce, or the somewhat sickly - looking laburnum.During the period now under consideration it was greatly favoured. Though mahogany, whose long reign we shall note in the nextperiod, is stated to have been used for a chair made for Williamof Orange, it was…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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