Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 102
with canvas, whichwas probably, when the bedstead was new, about1830, covered with a rich brocade. All the lines of Bedsteads 77 the bedstead are most graceful, and the carving isunusually well done. Plainer bedsteads in this stylewere made, veneered with mahoganv, and they aresometimes called… … c UPBOARDS appear in Eng-lish inventoriesas early as 1344.Persons of rank in Eng-land had their cupboardssurmounted by a set ofshelves to display thesilver and gold plate.Each shelf was narrowerthan the one beneath,like a set of steps, andthe number of shelvesindicated the rank of theowner, five…
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