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Furniture of the olden time (1902)

Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 237

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V) \ ANDNATIONS. Settles, Settees, and Sofas 211 measuring the same, seven feet in length, and withthe same carving of oak leaves upon the legs andends, but this is the only one of the four which hasthe carved oalc leaves across the front of the seat,and the rows of incised carving upon the back… … Illus. 177. —Sofa, about 1820. in the illustration. This beading is three-eighths ofan inch wide, and is of pressed brass, filled with lead,so that it is pliable and may be bent to go around acurve. Such beading or trimming was used in theplace of brass-headed tacks or nails, and is foundupon…

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