Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 238
lllus. 1 Sofa and Chair, about 1840. pieces of rosewood were pressed into the desiredcurve, and the several thicknesses glued together, … Settles, Settees, and Sofas 215 and pressed again. The strong back made in thisway was then elaborately carved, in an openworkpattern of vines and leaves. The sofas of these setswere usually in the shape shown in Illustration 181,which belongs to Mrs. M. Newman of New York.Many of the wealthv…
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