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Furniture of the olden time (1913)

Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 95

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sive twisted posts is shown inIllustration 50. The lower posts only are carved, as was usual,the draperiesat the headof the bedcone eal ingthe plainupper posts.Twistedposts werequite com-mon duringthe earlyyears of then i neteenthcentury, andmore bed-posts arefound thatare carved ina twist thanin… … Ulus. 50. — Bedstead, 1800-1810. Bedsteads 73 post bedstead made from 1805 to 1810. It is un-usual in having all four posts carved, and for itssplendid feet,which arecarved in mas-s i V e lionsclaws. Eachpost is carvedwith festoonsof drapery, andis surmountedwith a pine-apple. Theheadboard ise 1 a…

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