Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 277
relics which have descended to usthat in ancient Egypt and Assyria statechairs were in use. Of those of mediaevaldays, the fauteuil of Charles V. formsan excellent example of fourteenth cen-tury work. The seat is upborne on fourheads of hunting hounds, and the foot-stool is supported by lions.… … GREEK CHAIR. Artistic Homes. 233 history of chairs. Gradually were added to it one end, then a second,and finally a back. A further refinement was to divide this contrivance— One elbow at each end,And in the midst an elbow it received,United, yet divided, twain at once. It only i-emained to…
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