The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 521
land wastheir land of birth. The first manufacture of lacquered work in England was towardsthe end of the seventeenth century. Until about 1760 the designs for lacquer work upon Europeandecorative furniture were Eastern in character, consisting chiefly ofpagodas. Oriental figures, birds and fishes,… … MODES OF ORNAMENT 401 To Milan is usually attributed the inception of the ivory and ebonyfurniture in which Flanders and Italy were pre-eminent, and of theseventeenth century walnut pieces. The latter were inlaid with theminute geometrical patterns of bone and ivory, known as GERTOSINA, from its…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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