Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 335
cupancyof the house. The candle-stand in the ilkistrationis forty-two inches high, and its proportions arebeautiful. The legs and the ball at the base ofthe fluted pillar are very finely carved. The legsend in the French foot, the scroll turning forward,which was such a favorite with Chippendale.… … Illus. 260.— Bronze Mantel Lamps, 1815-1840. Melville of Newport, Rhode Island, succeeded inmanufacturing gas, and illuminated his house andgrounds with it. In 1822 Boston was lighted bygas, but it did not come into general use for light-ing until 1840-1850. During the second quarter of the…
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