e thus ruthlessly to destroy a popularand cherished delusion, for at one time, within the memory of many of us, Queen Anne furniture was widely advertised; people boasted of possessing it;tried, no doubt, after the fashion of a later school of worshippers, to live up toit ; and it was regarded with… … i^it^ DUTCH .AIARIJLETKV [SUKEAU. operation of the Code Napoleon broke up the great old families, and many fineexamples of inlaid work were thus forced upon the market. They were delightfulpieces, but they had no more to do with Queen Anne than they had with Kinc;Nebuchadnezzar. Both Pepys and…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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