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Furniture of the olden time (1902)

Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 377

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istori-cal personages beingvery popular, while flow-ers, landscapes, fancyheads, the eagle andthirteen stars, and theever-favorite design ofthe monument andweeping willow appearin the bright tints ofthe enamel. DwightBlaney, Esq., of Boston,has a collection of overone hundred knobs.Washington,… … Illus. 286. —Enamelled MirrorKnobs. 1770-1790. 3S^ Furniture of the Olden Time A circular convex glass in a gilt frame is shownin Illustration 287. Such glasses were advertised asmirrors, in distinction from the looking-glasseswhich were in ordinary use, and they were sold in pairs, for sconces,the…

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