Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 331
ken of in the sixteenth cen-tury, coming from Venice. Illustration 256 shows one of thepair of beau-tiful lampswhich arefastened tothe wallabove themantel of thebanquet hallat MountVernon, andwhichwereinuse thereduring thelife of Wash-ington. Theyare made ofsilver, withthe reservoir for oil of a… … protect the face fromthe intense heat ofthe large open fire.They afforded then,as now, an opportu-nity for the display offeminine handiwork.The dainty little fire-screen in Illustration257 was made about1780, and is ownedby Mrs. Johnson-Hudson of Stratford,Connecticut. Theframe and stand areof…
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