The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 60
in the consistent enrichmentof their fashionings. The much abused adjective quaint may with truth be appliedto the horned-mermaid hanging light {LeucMerweihschen), the originalof which is to be seen in Albert Diirers house at Nuremburg. Nosatisfactory evidence exists of its having been designed by… … DECORATIVE FURNITURE IN BRITAIN PRIOR TO 1475 29 transferred to a new coffin, the old one being thrust away in acupboard, where a few years ago in a state of semi-powder it wasfound and reconstructed by the skill and zeal ofa local architect and antiquarian. The Venerable Bedes Chair, to which…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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