Decoration & furniture of town houses; a series of Cantor lectures delivered before the Society of arts, 1880, amplified and enl. (1881)
Edis, Robert W. (Robert William), 1839-1927 · New York, Scribner and Welford · leaf 137
cially noticeable, whilethere is an absence, as a rule, of expensive ornamen-tation, and unnecessary turning and cutting. Sheraton was another maker who, in the beginningof this century, brought the art of furniture makinginto high repute, and whose work may generallybe said to be based on that of… … OF TOWN HOUSES. think good modern upholsterers might give us furnituremade after the manner and form of the makers I have* named, at a somewhat less extravagant price thanthat generally charged. A good deal of the unneces-sary carving in the chair backs might be omitted^and while the general…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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