Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 367
oted much space to frames for girandoles, pierglasses, ovals, and chimney-pieces, all elaboratelycarved with scrolls and shells with dripping water,birds, and animals of every sort from a monkey to acow, the latter unromantic and heavy creature figur-ing upon a dripping scroll in one of… … lllus. 280. —Pier Glass in Chinese Taste. 1760. ^ j Looking-glasses 343 presents many of the characteristic designs fashion-able at that time, of scrolls and dripping water,while no less than seven pagoda roofs form a partof the frame. The figure, probably a Chinese ladywith a parasol, is missing…
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