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Furniture of the olden time (1902)

Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 372

An illustration from Furniture of the olden time, 1902, leaf 372
of theupper edge of theglass in Illustration22 leaving a slightreminder in the cut-off, upper cornersof this glass, whichvanishes in thesquare corners ofthe one in Illustra-tion 284. The gar-lands at each sideare carved fromwood, without wire.These looking-glasses are now re-produced in… … Looking-glasses 349 ter VIII in which the decoration is produced byboth carving and sawing, as well as by gilt orna-ments. The sawing of ornamental outlines appearsupon the earliest trames, such as Illustration 278,and is found upon frames made during the eigh-teenth century until its close. During…

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